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 Summer D Clemenson | Aug 8, 2017 | Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
Everyone needs to have some fat cells on their body. Our bodies store energy and vitamins to create hormones that send messages throughout our bodies in our fat cells. Did you know that no matter what we do our bodies have the same number of fat cells for all of our...
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 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 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 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 Summer D Clemenson | Feb 13, 2017 | Book Reviews, Fuel Your Wellness
I recently finished reading Justice Calling Live Love, Show Compassion, Be Changed by Palmer Chinchen PhD. I really needed to read this book… I fully recommend that part of your Wellness Plan includes intellectual and spiritual growth. People are spiritual...
by Wellness Works NW | Nov 2, 2016 | Book Reviews, Chasing Wellness with Jamie Holloway, Chronic Illness, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Mental Health, Supplements, Women's Health
“I have been given this product as part of a product review through the Chronic Illness Bloggers network. Although the product was a gift, all opinions in this review remain my own and I was in no way influenced by the company.” A Word from Jamie Holloway...
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 29, 2016 | Book Reviews, Fuel Your Wellness
I just finished reading a really great resource, a book called: Codependent No More How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring For Yourself by Melody Beattie (©1986, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation, USA). This book came to me from a friend at bible study who was...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 20, 2016 | Chronic Illness, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Mental Health, Women's Health
Whether you have a chronic illness like fibromyalgia or rheumatoid arthritis or you have suffered an injury, Chronic Pain is a common ailment felt by a lot of people. Chronic Pain can lead to changes in lifestyle and emotions and ability to do activities you once...
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...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 21, 2016 | Fuel Your Wellness, Women's Health
In this article we are going talk about a painful topic: Miscarriage Signs, Symptoms & Treatment. Pregnancy is a blessing that brings so much anticipation; because of the commonality of miscarriage it is wise to be educated about miscarriage in the case that you...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 20, 2016 | Chronic Illness, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
Heartburn sucks and often times your only choice to fight it is acid blockers! If you haven’t had it before, I am so glad for you. Heartburn feels like hot pressure in your chest and sometimes leads people to believe they are having a heart attack. Some people may...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 13, 2016 | Food News, Fuel Your Wellness
For most people Nightshade Vegetables and Fruits are very nutritional and offer protective properties to the human body. As someone who lives with hiatal hernia and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) I have made a decision to research different kinds of foods that...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jul 6, 2016 | Chronic Illness, Food News, Fuel Your Wellness, Men's Health, Women's Health
It is an act of love to choose wellness. Wellness is a series of positive, life supporting decisions we make, or don’t make everyday, all day long. Being well takes proper nutrition, exercise, a good attitude and the practice of hobbies and activities that bring us...
by Summer D Clemenson | Jun 30, 2016 | Food News, Fuel Your Wellness
We love peanut butter! It is filling. It is healthy. It is packed with protein, fiber, monounsaturated fat and fat-burning folate. But there are some things you might not know about peanut butter that will probably change the way you shop (we hope). The peanut butter...