by Jamie Holloway | Jun 28, 2022 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Mental Health
Note: This article was originally written by Jamie Holloway and posted on JamieChasesButterflies.com on May 10,2022 I am writing! The day after receiving my first chemotherapy infusion of Rituximab in a year. I had to stop this medication in order to receive the...
by Jamie Holloway | May 31, 2022 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
You get home from work and your spouse makes a delicious steak dinner for you along with wine. You are trying to lose weight and do not know if wine is on your eating plan. I have good news. It can be. Wine in moderation has many health benefits. The key word is...
by Jamie Holloway | May 10, 2022 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
Just a warning that this is going to be a long article. Writing about nutrition is such a vast subject that it would take me two lifetimes to write everything there is about it. In this article I am going to focus on macronutrients and micronutrients and the reasons...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 9, 2021 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
I love pizza. Crispy, cheesy, with yummy sauce on bread. Eating well and eating healthy pizza can happen. In honor of pizza month, I have found recipes that are healthy, so you do not have to feel guilty for enjoying a slice or two of pizza. I broke the recipes into...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 5, 2021 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
The temperature drops, the rain starts falling or the snow, and the first thing we all start craving is a nice hot bowl of soup or stew. January is National Soup Month. There are so many ways to to write about soup, I decided that I would share some healthy soup...
by Jamie Holloway | Feb 18, 2021 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
Cheese has been around for over 4,000 years. Cheese is made from animal milk, goat, cow, buffalo, and any farm animal by adding acid and bacteria which causes it to curdle and make curds. The solids from the curds is then aged and processed to make cheese. According...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 14, 2021 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
January is popcorn month and Karen at Wellness Works NW’s favorite snack is popcorn. It is crunchy and meets the snack needs she has. Popcorn is a healthy snack. It is high in fiber. It is also high in phenolic acid which is an antioxidant. Popcorn also has a...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 12, 2021 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
We all love sweet things in our life, whether it is in food or drinks or the peace and calm that happens in being loved well. Sweet is one of the pleasures we all enjoy. Like anything in life there must be a balance. Just like there must be a balance to fat and...
by Jamie Holloway | Jan 5, 2021 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
January if Vegan month. I thought I would take the opportunity to learn and write about what Vegan is and the types of Vegans there are. There are two reasons someone will choose to eat Vegan. 1. Ethical reasons, they do not want to damage the earth and the animals....
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 31, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Product Reviews
When you are chronically ill making healthy meals takes away a lot of the energy spoons you have. That makes eating poorly easy and horrible at the same time. When you eat TV dinners many are high calorie, full of sodium, and other things that do not fuel the body. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 28, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
How often do you pay attention to your breathing? Are you out of breath while you are dressing? Are you breathing hard while you are walking to the bathroom? Can you breathe well while you are resting? These are common questions for those who suffer from COPD or a...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 8, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Supplements
This article was originally posted on JamieChasesButterflies.com on November 30, 2020 Warning: I am not a medical professional and if you want to take this type of medication, I recommend you discuss this with your doctor before trying it. I live with several chronic...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 3, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
When it comes to having chronic illness, sometimes, I feel like I have to have a medical degree to handle all the jargon, words, understanding blood work, and having reliable information for my illnesses. In this article I am going to write about Health Literacy. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 30, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
As we get older cartilage in our knees begins to wear down. Sometimes this happens because of age related arthritis (Osteoarthritis) or because of an autoimmune disease like Rheumatoid arthritis or because of a knee injury. It does not matter how, it only matters that...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 26, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway
I have a caregiver. My caregiver is not a family member because I made the choice to use an agency. I made the choice I made because when I was a caregiver for someone close to me I got to know the roller coaster of emotions, mental health, and complications it brings...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 24, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway
Being outside, carefree, full of energy rolling around in the grass, throwing leaves at each other, laughing you would never guess that you may need to be careful and aware of what may bite you. Ticks. They are in the grass, the dirt, trees, everywhere outside and...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 19, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Mental Health
Having an eating disorder is a real issue and so is having type 1 diabetes, what if you had both? What if you developed an eating disorder while taking care of your type 1 diabetes? This eating disorder is called Diabulimia. Although it is not recognized in the mental...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 13, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
When living with a chronic illness you start collecting medical experts to help you through the chaotic roller coaster of your illness and in making a wellness plan. I am going to talk about one of the important team members that I rely on when it comes to my...
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 12, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway
Many of you saw Karen’s video about me and my on-going breathing issue. I greatly appreciate all the support and prayers. I’m happy to be back home with my boy Nicholas. When I got home from the hospital on Monday evening I had a surprise in the mail from a friend who...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 27, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
When I was a teenager I would watch old movies with my dad and one of those movies was about Lou Gehrig. The Lou Gehric Story was the title of the movie. This movie was about his life as a baseball player in the late 30’s and early 40’s and why he had to retire on...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 23, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Men's Health
Breast cancer is touted as only a women’s issue, but that isn’t the truth. Men can get breast cancer and they should be checking their nipples and areolas too. Women get breast cancer more often, but that doesn’t mean male breast cancer is not a real diagnosis. Men...
by Jamie Holloway | Oct 20, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
Pain, it can be intense. It can be tiring. It can be ugly. It can be chaotic. Arthritis is painful and there are a lot of different types of arthritis. Today, I want to talk about Gout. I have two forms of arthritis: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout. I have these and two...
