by Joan Kent | Feb 8, 2016 | Engage Your Students
Some years ago (1997 to be exact), the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition featured an article stating that women”™s protein needs had been underestimated up until then. In the same issue, a different article discussed the higher rate of serotonin turnover in...
by John | Jan 31, 2016 | Free Podcasts, Your Fitness Business
I can't remember ever talking to a new studio owner, who didn't express the dream to open & own a second... and possibly a third studio once their first was established. Which raises an interesting question... When is the right time to open a 2nd studio? And should...
by Joan Kent | Jan 12, 2016 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
Looking back, I suppose it”™s understandable that it took me 3 appointments to figure out what was going on with my client. First and perhaps foremost, this client, whom we”™ll call John, was a cyclist. John came in for his appointment in rather odd clothes, but...
by Joan Kent | Dec 29, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
Serotonin is a brain chemical with different functions. - It”™s a neurotransmitter that”™s targeted and enhanced by several antidepressants. - It”™s the precursor of melatonin, the “sleep hormone” and anti-inflammatory. - It affects satiety and modulates general food...
by Joan Kent | Nov 16, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
I”™ve never liked the word “snack.” People are casual with snacks, as if they don”™t matter. People also treat snacks as if they”™re different from meals. Case in point: When I give nutrition presentations, I outline a simple method for creating meals with a good...
by Joan Kent | Oct 27, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
The client”™s food log was extreme. She kept track of every bite she ate and calculated the calories in each item. In the food log, she described every workout she did and the calories she had burned. She was working out several times a day. But the most extreme thing...