It is important for health and fitness professionals to consider themselves business owners. In this episode of "15 Minutes to Wellness," Dr. Michael Mantell and Michael Piermont, CEO and co-founder of amSTATZ, discuss the business side personal training, how technology enhances client relationships and how amSTATZ can help trainers and clients stay organized.

In the final episode of this two-part podcast, Dr. Michael Mantell and Dr. Claudia Kawas discus Dr. Kawas’s recent studies in longevity and dementia. They will share how moderate alcohol and caffeine intake can help with living longer and how exercise matters at any age.

In this first portion of a two-part podcast, Dr. Michael Mantell hosts Dr. Claudia Kawas, the Al and Trish Nichols Chair in Clinical Neuroscience and Professor of Neurobiology & Behavior and Neurology at the University of California, Irvine. They discuss Dr. Kawas’s work on numerous longitudinal studies of aging and dementia, how exercise matters and her most recent endeavor, The 90+ Study.

In this second session of a two-part podcast, Dr. Mantell and Dr. John Ratey continue their discussion on how exercise can change the body and the brain. The side effects of long-term sitting include increasing rates of obesity, diabetes, cardiac disease, boredom, depression, stress and lack of attention. Learn more about how exercise can be used to combat these issues and how this research can be incorporated into schools and workplace wellness programs.

In the first half of this two-part episode of 15 Minutes to Wellness, Dr. Mantell and Dr. John Ratey discuss how exercise is the “wonder drug” and is the most powerful tool to optimize our brain functioning. Learn how connection to one another is vital, how it has been lost over the years in our digital world and its importance to health and growth of the brain.

Join us for part two, where Dr. David Katz joins Dr. Mantell to continue the discussion about junk food,

media hype, and the cultural challenges we face while addressing nutrition and wellness. Dr. Katz is the

founding director of Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, a leader in nutrition, chronic disease

prevention and health promotion.

In this first session of a two-part podcast, special guest Dr. David Katz joins Dr. Mantell to discuss

children, junk food and changes needed for a healthier generation. Dr. Katz is the founding director of

Yale University’s Prevention Research Center, a leader in nutrition, chronic disease prevention and

health promotion.

Children often look up to their parents, paying attention and imitating adults that surround them. Would this mean that fit parents often raise fit kids? Tune in and enjoy a lively discussion with Dr. Mantell and Justin Seedman, ACE Certified Personal Trainer and the founder of JustinFit, LLC, on the impact that healthy and unhealthy parents have on their children.

Technology is changing the way we do business, including within the health and fitness industry. Dr. Mantell is joined by Bryan O’Rourke, founder and CEO of Integerus, and will lead a discussion in how technology is creating a new era of wellness and how ACE pros can stay ahead of the curve.

Dr. Richard Carmona, the 17th surgeon general and president of the Canyon Ranch Institute Board of Directors, joins Dr. Mantell to discuss the hot topic of health care. The discussion covers concerns about our healthcare system, health literacy, what needs to change and how we can use behavior changes to become a healthier nation.