by Joan Kent | May 5, 2014 | Health and Wellness
By Joan Kent [This is from the intro to my new book Sugar Addiction Is Real, and So Are Sugar Cravings: What Causes Cravings (It”™s Not What You Think!) and How To Stop Them.] The short story is I”™m a sugar addict. I discovered that a long time ago, decades before...
by Joan Kent | Apr 14, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Joan Kent ICI/PRO readers know that exercise can reduce the risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol problems, cancer, and more. Underlying those diseases is insulin resistance. Exercise reduces health risks by making skeletal muscle more...
by Joan Kent | Apr 7, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Joan Kent The good news is things have moved forward with respect to food addictions. For one thing, food addictions are now acknowledged as real. (When I started doing this work, they were not — I remember how people would argue against the idea.) Now we know that...
by Joan Kent | Mar 24, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Leading Group Rides, Master Instructor Blog
By Joan Kent, Ph.D. “Sugar is bad stuff, but what should I eat on a long ride?” Over the years, many cyclists have asked me that question. In reply, I came up with the idea for Dr. Joan”™s Potato Goo. (No, that”™s not a brand name, just my private joke.) I”™ve used...
by Joan Kent | Mar 17, 2014 | Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
By Joan Kent, Ph.D. A looong time ago (1998), I wrote a doctoral dissertation that started with several observations about women with binge-eating disorder. One was their relationship with sugar. As I examined the DSM-IV criteria for substance dependence against the...