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 | 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 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 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 | Jun 21, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Fitness, Men's Health, Women's Health
Karen, from Wellness Works NW gave me another writing assignment. Posture. Posture is the position in which we hold our bodies while standing, sitting, and lying down. Having good posture helps our muscles, joints, and ligaments. Let me share something about myself. I...
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...
by Jamie Holloway | May 1, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Food News
My goal in writing an article about cooking with spices is to show men and women that they can learn to cook and to spice up their food without adding a ton of salt or ingredients that will make their health deteriorate. When I first started learning to cook I had an...
by Jamie Holloway | Apr 7, 2017 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Supplements
When I was a teenager I remember taking dietary supplements along with my older parents. My parents were the same age as many of my classmate’s grandparents. I remember my parents taking alfalfa, aloe vera juice, calcium, potassium, magnesium, vitamin C, B vitamins,...
by Summer D Clemenson | Apr 1, 2017 | Fuel Your Wellness
Karen came home for lunch yesterday and asked me to look up some natural detox remedies for a client who wanted some information. When I started my search I thought I would find an easy answer and when I found I was wrong I decided to turn this into an article....
by Jamie Holloway | Nov 16, 2016 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Mental Health, Women's Health
I am one who suffers from high levels of uric acid in her blood. I just had a serum uric acid measurement test done and I was at 9. Normal is between 2 and 6. Since I take immune suppressant medications, and at one time a blood pressure medication that is known to...
by Wellness Works NW | Oct 26, 2016 | Events, News
Forever Fit Gym and Wellness Works NW have partnered with several amazing sponsors in order to help local people and businesses establish themselves as wellness leaders. Forever Fit’s Lifestyle Challenge lasts from September 5, 2016 until September 5, 2017. Each...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 20, 2016 | Book Reviews, Chronic Illness, Fitness, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
Using an Exercise Ball is a great way to increase your core strength and balance. As I write this I am rocking back and forth on my latest purchase. I got a Balance Ball! I have wanted a Exercise Stability Ball for a long time. One thing that stopped me from...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 15, 2016 | Chronic Illness, Food News, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
Learning about salt, otherwise known as sodium chloride is very useful in managing your wellness plan. Salt is made of 40% sodium and 60% chloride. Salt is used to add flavor to food. It is also used as a preservative, binder and stabilizer. Salt is necessary to the...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 27, 2016 | Food News, Fuel Your Wellness
While we are standing at the jump off point of your new path toward wellness you might feel a little frustrated by all the changes that you see in front of you. Learning how to educate yourself about food is really important, so we thought we might start out with a...
