by Joan Kent | Oct 16, 2017 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Joan Kent My last few posts have dealt with aspects of sugar addiction, including sugar’s effect on health. It’s important — you want to be healthy, right? Still, I’ve avoided one topic because it’s almost guaranteed to alienate people — fructose. The sugar...
by Joan Kent | Oct 17, 2016 | Health and Wellness
One thing I probably don’t write about enough is dehydration and the problems it causes. Dehydration can start with a drop of as little as 1.5% of the body’s water. The average level is around 60%. One of many problems dehydration can cause is craving for sugar....
by Joan Kent | Nov 2, 2015 | Health and Wellness
The sugar industry has powered its way through Washington as one of the most imposing lobbies, ever since the 1980s. You may have read recently that sugar is under attack, specifically the industry’s substantial federal subsidies. At first that might seem like 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...
by Joan Kent | Oct 5, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness
This brief post will cover a seemingly minor point that sounds like nothing but does a lot. If you’d like to move your students a major step closer to a lifetime of healthful eating, you can do that in a single step. The key is to get your students to ask one...
