Updated Advanced Health Buddy Monthly Plan

July 31, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

From here on out, unless I revise this again, this is the page that potential clients will be referred to when asking about plans. Each plan will now have it’s own individual page, and a contract will be written up after the free Meet and Greet is completed, and the client agrees to purchase this […]

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Health Buddy Group Session Plan: New Topic Each Month

July 28, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

I am proud to announce that I will be doing a monthly Health Buddy Live Group Chat, with a new topic each month. These are limited, for now to 5 participants. So, if you are interested make sure you sign up early. The first one with the topic of Better Sleep, will start on Sept […]

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Updated Basic Health Buddy Plan

July 25, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

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Updated Disclaimer: 6/04/2021

July 23, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

Health Buddy Melissa is a Sole Proprietor website owned by me. I pay my taxes as an Independent Contractor. This updated disclaimer date 6/04/2021 replaces the outdated disclaimer. Please read and understand it before requesting coaching services from Health Buddy Melissa. 1- Health Buddy Melissa is not meant to be medical advice, or to replace seeing […]

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Eat Beets For A Better Memory!

July 22, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

This is an older post, that was updated on 9/27/2021/ Did you know Beets are good for you? Doesn’t matter that they taste a lot like dirt, they are really good for your brain. Taking care of your brain can help your memory. Helping your memory may help prevent Dementia, and or Alzheimer’s. No one […]

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Sweating On Sunday: Beginner Aerobics

July 21, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

So, I found this video quite by accident, but I love it. It says it is geared for the elderly, but I can tell you it is a great low impact, beginner Aerobic workout. I have moved away some from the fitness walking, to doing this video. The second half of the video is weight […]

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Iron Deficient Anemia and CKD

July 18, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

The 3rd type of Anemia, that people with CKD can experience, is called Iron Deficient Anemia. You can read about the other two kinds in the archives, if you want. Now not just people with kidney disease get Iron Deficient Anemia, but it is common in people with kidney disease. Why? 1- Impaired absorption of […]

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Memory Care Monday: How Memories are Made

July 15, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Happy Memory Care Monday! I hope everyone had an amazing weekend. I worked all weekend, and I am still deciding if these 12 hour shifts are going to work well for me. The video below is very interesting, and explains how our brains make memories. It is not that long, about 10 minutes, so give […]

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Updates

July 14, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Happy Sunday! Our internet is so slow today, bleh! Normally I would do a Sweating on Sunday post, today. But, I wanted to post some updates for my readers, and prospective clients. As you know you can contact me anytime to start working with me. I only accept 3 to 4 clients at a time, […]

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Throwback Thursday: Why Obesity Was Rare In The 50’s October 21, 2021
Hello, and Happy Thursday! I have had a crazy week and I feel like I have totally neglected my readers. I still have so much to discuss on the topic of Obesity, and the month is almost over. My newsletter was supposed to go out yesterday, but I will literally not home at all yesterday [...]
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Obesity Causes Dementia!? October 19, 2021
Whoa, and Happy Tuesday! It is Obesity Awareness Month, so be sure and check out all of the other posts on this topic in the archives, or just search the word obesity. Dementia touches my life in so many ways. I work on a Memory Care Unit with Dementia residents, and I have a loved [...]
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Family Cook Off #2 October 15, 2021
I totally forgot to share this on Tuesday, so I am sharing it today instead. There will be a few other tidbits in this post. On Tuesday, my husband, daughter, and myself held the second round of our Family Cook Off. This is meant to be fun, family time, and a little competition too. This [...]
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Holy Fructosenomics! October 13, 2021
OK, so I totally made that word up. But, I had already done a post last year titled What the Fructose! So, I had to come up with something. For the purposes of this post, because the topic is very complex, and there is a lot to it, I am going to make some key [...]
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Sugar and Obesity! October 12, 2021
Hello, and welcome to another Healthy Tips on Tuesday post. October is Obesity Awareness Month, or improve your Metabolic Syndrome Health Marker if you prefer. You will find two videos below. I urge you to watch them both. Remember not only fat people have Metabolic Syndrome, and not all Obese people do either. But, if [...]
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Going From Stage 3b CKD to Stage 2 CKD! October 11, 2021
Hello, and Happy Monday! The sun is shining and my spirits are lifted. I am so very excited for my Kidney appt. this Thursday! A little back story. If you are new here, and you don’t feel like reading 2 years worth of updates on my kidney journey, I will give a very short summary. [...]
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Homemade Pumpkin Protein Bars! October 8, 2021
Hello, and Happy Foodie Friday! You know October is pumpkin season, right? Well it is. I am funny about protein bars. I am a texture kind of girl so a a lot of them just have a strange texture to me. The only one I have found, and I have tried a lot, are these [...]
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Stop Calling It Obesity? October 7, 2021
Hello, and welcome back to another Thinking on Thursday topic. For the whole month of October I am discussing Obesity. But, as you can see in my title I posed the topic as a question. However, by the end of the post I think you will see why I think it should be a statement. [...]
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Why Your Step Count Might Be Deceiving You: Walk With Me In October! October 6, 2021
I have mentioned this special deal in a couple other posts, but today I finally am getting to talk about it in full. If you read here a lot, then you know I have CKD, am not especially fond of intense exercise, and I walk a lot. But, I might not be walking enough. What [...]
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Why Should You Care About Obesity? October 5, 2021
Hello, and welcome back to another Healthy Tips on Tuesday post. If you have been reading along then you know that for the month of October I am discussing Obesity. This is the third post on that topic, so please be sure to read the other two, as I don’t intend to repeat myself for [...]
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