by Barb Berg | Mar 13, 2018 | Celiac Living
You might be wondering, “What is Gluten?” Good question. According to the dictionary gluten is a substance present in cereal grains, especially wheat, that is responsible for the elastic texture of dough. A mixture of two proteins, it causes illness in...
by Barb Berg | Dec 19, 2017 | Celiac Living, Food News, Recipes
Here is another wonderful recipe to add to your holiday meal: Gluten Free Pull-Apart Dinner Rolls are delicious and pretty easy to make. INGREDIENTS: 1 Cup Warm Water 2 Tbsp Sugar 2 Tsp. Active Dry Yeast (1 7gm. Package) 2 Eggs ¼ Cup Melted Butter 3 Cups Bob’s Red...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 12, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Mental Health
The Hard Decision If you follow me on Facebook or are one of my friends on Facebook you might have read that I am Pursuing Bariatric Surgery. This was not an easy decision for me to make. It has taken me years. Choosing to change your stomach with surgery shouldn’t be...
by Barb Berg | Dec 6, 2017 | Celiac Living
Holidays are tough when you are Living with Celiacs During the Holidays! Unfortunately, they kind of revolve around food and drinks. Even when you are super careful, cross-contamination abounds. And honestly, people mean well when they tell you this dish is gluten...
by Jamie Holloway | Dec 5, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Fitness, Men's Health, Mental Health, Women's Health
I feel like I am at ground zero when it comes to my wellness journey. A lot of challenges have shown up in my life and it is time to re-assess and come up with a different approach to my plans. I am learning that there are times that you have to slow down, realign,...
by Summer D Clemenson | Nov 28, 2017 | Fitness, Food News, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Mental Health
Fads come and go but we all need our diet to be a Trusted Wellness Tool. Instead of relying on any Fad Diet, I think we can all say that Healthy Eating should be a goal we all work towards. I have a beef with diets. It is personal. I don’t mean to color your Wellness...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 17, 2017 | Food News, Fuel Your Wellness
There are many names of sugar. There is a lot of added sugar in processed foods. Manufactures often use several kinds of sugar so they can hide the actual amount of sugar in a food item because the rules the FDA requires for food labels require manufacturers to list...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 5, 2017 | Chronic Illness, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Mental Health, Women's Health
I live in a body that hurts. Always. Living with Central Sensitization Syndrome, more commonly referred to as Fibromyalgia has changed my world in many ways. For nearly 14 years Karen G Clemenson has been getting me ready for this challenge because she always is...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 21, 2017 | Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Mental Health, Women's Health
Welcome to part 4 and the final article in our Fat Cells Series. To think I had thought this would be an easy topic! After all we have learned about adipose tissue, Karen G Clemenson thought it would be appropriate to write about Fat Cells Connection to Eating...
by Dee Vachon | Sep 1, 2017 | Recipes
I tried this recipe out and really enjoyed it. When I told Karen G Clemenson about it she was excited so I sent it over to her to share with you. I hope you like No-Bake Oatmeal Peanut Butter Protein Energy Balls as much I do! This recipe was originally posted by...
by Summer D Clemenson | Aug 29, 2017 | Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
Our bodies lose and replace about 8% of our fat cells each year. Our fat cells also shrink when we lose weight and use up the stored lipids inside of them. One way of helping our fat cells shrink is to get rid of the toxins that build up in our fat cells. Toxins are...
by Summer D Clemenson | Aug 22, 2017 | Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
Learning How Our Bodies Use Fat is Changing Me I know a lot about nutrition and exercise. I have always been fat and my family and doctors have always educated me. In the past I was very active, and at one point, I had committed to working out every day for an hour...
by Barb Berg | Aug 15, 2017 | Celiac Living, Chronic Illness
Even if your doctor doesn’t believe you, you must be your own advocate: Many years ago, I felt like there was “something wrong” with me. I didn’t feel good. I had no energy, couldn’t keep a thought in my head, I was bloated after eating, I had no energy, I hurt...
by Jamie Holloway | Aug 10, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Men's Health, Women's Health
Osteoarthritis On August 2nd, I had my 120th tracheal stenosis surgery. My trachea was only 1 CM wide for me to breathe through. I apologize for taking so long to write for Wellness Works NW, my life has been chaotic. I digress. I am here to write about...
by Wellness Works NW | Aug 1, 2017 | Men's Health, News, Supplements, Women's Health
Recently, several clients told Karen they wanted to add Ketones to their wellness plan. As the list people wanting to try KETO//OS® products grew longer, Karen decided to join the Prüvit™ Team and encourage her dedicated clients by helping them get access to KETO//OS®...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 25, 2017 | Fuel Your Wellness, Women's Health
Are You Wearing the Correct Bra? The other day Karen G Clemenson tried on a sports bra that wasn’t the right size and we started talking about how important it is to wear a properly fitting bra. In years gone by I was the lingerie manager at a women’s clothing store...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 18, 2017 | Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
In this day and age it is not uncommon to hear of people having surgery to replace or repair their back, knees, hips, etc…It is something that has been happening for a long time, but as technology and medical knowledge has become more and more stellar so has the need...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 11, 2017 | Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Sexual Wellness, Women's Health
Make Time for Boomer’s Immunizations Believe it or not, it is hard to get Karen G Clemenson to go to the doctor. You would think since she is such a cheerleader for your health that she would take great care with her own but she finds it difficult to get away...
by Jamie Holloway | Jun 29, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness
One day last month Karen G Clemenson sent me a text asking me to research the different types of arthritis. I was like okay, vague, but how many types can there be? Both Karen and I were deeply shocked when later I called her and told her what I discovered. There are...
by Summer D Clemenson | May 25, 2017 | Chronic Illness, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Mental Health, Supplements, Women's Health
The latest topic that Karen has been asking about is Vitamin D. She talks about it during dinner, when she talks about clients and even in her sleep. In order to answer her need for information I asked her specifically what she wanted to know and here are the answers...
by Jamie Holloway | May 16, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Dear Jamie, Men's Health, Women's Health
A couple of weeks ago, Karen, gave me another research assignment: Crohn’s Disease. The only thing I know about Crohn’s Disease is the Glenn Frey from the Eagles had it. Since doing my research I know a lot more. My aim in writing this article is to inform and to...
by Summer D Clemenson | May 12, 2017 | Food News, Fuel Your Wellness
Often I hear Karen mumbling under her breath that she needs to find out if Subway adds soy in their sandwiches. Apparently she had been told that there is soy in meat at Subway and she wanted to make sure that she wasn’t passing on untruths…last night I...
