by Jamie Holloway | Mar 27, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway
There are two main hormones that must be watched and kept in mind while losing weight. They are Ghrelin and Leptin. Ghrelin regulates glucose. Ghrelin is produced in the stomach and small intestine. Ghrelin stimulates appetite which causes a person to eat 30...
by Summer D Clemenson | Mar 26, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fuel Your Wellness
Amino acids are organic compounds composed of nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and variable side chain groups. Amino Acids are referred to as the building blocks of protein that conduct many vital processes like syntheses of hormones and neurotransmitters. Your body...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 25, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Children's Health, Men's Health, Women's Health
This week it is Brain Awareness Week. Since so many children are out of school there is a great website that has great kid friendly stuff to learn about our brains. The brain is the command center of the body. It weighs 2 to 3 pounds. It controls everything from the...
by Summer D Clemenson | Mar 24, 2020 | Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
March 24, 2020 is American Diabetes Association Alert Day! Every 4th Tuesday in March it is the hope of many that people who are at risk developing of Type 2 Diabetes will learn what they need to know to avoid or manage this disease. Diabetes is a chronic illness...
by Summer D Clemenson | Mar 23, 2020 | Testimonials
My husband and I have started working with Karen back a few weeks ago and it is like, wow! Now we are staying on top of our workouts. I do try to focus on our goals and they are to get healthy again. She has shown me that she does care and I am doing things she asks...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 23, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, News
Wellness Works NW wants say THANK YOU to all the Medical Professionals out there! Whoa! What a challenging time we are all in. We are all in this together and all of the news reports and social media posts seem to be all about the disaster and the fear of it all. I...
by Jamie Holloway | Mar 20, 2020 | Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Fitness, Women's Health
Did you know that our muscles start losing strength when we hit the age of 40? Don’t worry, this is not the end of it. Even though as we age we lose muscle mass and strength we can rebuild and slow down the process by weight lifting also known as strength training....
by Summer D Clemenson | Mar 19, 2020 | Chronic Illness, Fitness, Food News, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Mental Health, Skin Care, Women's Health
Self-Care is a vital part of life that I think many of us have little to no knowledge of. I know I didn’t 10 years ago. Just like many other people, it took me getting really sick to make me start learning. I don’t want this to happen to you so here I am putting...
by Nancy Cho-Auvil | Mar 18, 2020 | Food News, From the Heart with Nancy Cho-Auvil
I have only been eating Korean food as recently as eight years ago. As a Korean American adoptee, I did not have the chance to experience the cuisine from the country of my birth. I am excited to share what I have learned.. During the course of my...
by Summer D Clemenson | Mar 17, 2020 | Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
This article was last updated on December 1, 2020 COVID-19 is part of a large family of viruses called coronaviruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold and to more severe diseases like: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and SARS-CoV. Wellness...
