by Joan Kent | Mar 9, 2015 | Best Practices, Health and Wellness, Latest News
Several months ago, an author known for being a strong proponent of healthful eating wrote an article about a new line of “good” candy bars. You know: organic ingredients, no preservatives, that sort of thing. The author took an if-you-can’t-beat-em-join-em...
by Joan Kent | Mar 2, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness, Instructor Training, KEEPING IT FUN
My college roommate used to turn down yogurt, saying, “I never eat rotten food.” Now, there may be reasons not to eat yogurt, but the fact that it’s rotten isn’t one of them. Maybe a better term for “rotten” is fermented. Fermentation is highly beneficial for the...
by Joan Kent | Feb 16, 2015 | Best Practices, Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness, Master Instructor Blog
As a nutritionist who coaches many clients with sugar addiction, I find myself talking about willpower frequently and thinking about it a lot. I used to take a hard line against willpower — or rather, against people’s view of it. On behalf of my clients, I resented...
by Joan Kent | Feb 9, 2015 | Health and Wellness
Sugar is big nutrition news these days, and sugar addiction is getting the attention it deserved a long time ago when only a few nuts (like yours truly) were talking about it. I searched recently for the mainstream “wisdom” on getting rid of sugar cravings. The...
by Joan Kent | Jan 19, 2015 | Engage Your Students, Health and Wellness, Instructor Training, Master Instructor Blog
“I don’t stop when I’m tired. I only stop when I’m done.” It surprised me to learn that the above quotation came from Marilyn Monroe. How many times have we heard those words in connection with athletics? In the training and weight loss program I taught for 14...
