How well do you know your kidneys?

April 20, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

This post was intended for yesterday, however, WordPress has not been working correctly. Anyway. How well do you know your kidneys. I have been talking about Stress in the month of April, and last week I discussed Stress and the kidneys. But, do you know what your kidneys are, where they are, or exactly what […]

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What is the Difference Between Sanitizing and Disinfecting? Plus, What My Family Meal Plan Looks Like for This Week.

March 9, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

Happy Monday! Unless you have been living under a rock you know that there is a lot of talk about this Novel Covid-19 virus. I am paying particular attention because I work in the Health Care field, and I have CKD. It is super important to me to keep me, my family and my patients […]

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The MIND Diet

September 9, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Returning to an old, but popular article topic, Memory Care. I just read about a new diet that studies have shown may decrease the risk of getting Dementia, or Alzheimer’s. The MIND diet, which is a variation of the DASH diet and the Mediterranean Diet. The MIND diet focuses a lot on berries that boost […]

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Memory Care Monday: How Memories are Made

July 15, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The video below is very interesting, and explains how our brains make memories. It is not that long, about 10 minutes, so give yourself some new knowledge, and let me know if you remember the name at the beginning of the video. If you have a goal of improving your memory skills, and would like […]

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Memory Care Monday: Take or Look at Old Pictures

July 8, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

Hello all my wonderful readers! Today, for Memory Care Monday, I am going to tell you about one of my most favorite things, taking and looking at pictures. Now these serve two different types of memory, short term, and long term. Taking new pictures, and then looking at them in 6 months, or so, will […]

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Can food help prevent high blood pressure? May 17, 2021
Hello, and welcome to Monday! I had a pretty stressful weekend and you may have read about it. I did end up at the ER last evening because the pain in my right shoulder was excruciating. If you read here often enough then you know I have stage 3, recently stage 2, Kidney Disease. There [...]
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Calf exercises 2 and 3 for weeks 2 and 3 May 16, 2021
Hello all my fabulous readers! I am still nursing this shoulder injury, but at least today I can type. I did not realize that I did not share move 2 for week 2 of the May Health Challenge which is to strengthen the calfs. So, this week I am posting both exercise 2 and 3. [...]
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self care Saturday: Resting when you are injured May 15, 2021
Happy Saturday! This is not what I intended to talk about today, but because I have reinjured an old shoulder injury even typing is incredibly painful. So, short and sweet today. I am admittedly not good at slowing down, or taking it easy, especially when it is absolutely gorgeous outside and I have tons of [...]
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what are the causes of high blood pressure? May 13, 2021
Happy Thursday! Today, I will talk about the causes of High Blood Pressure, or Hypertension. The two short videos below I do recommend you watch. I really wish they had stressed the importance of Stress as a cause of High Blood Pressure. All of the things they talk about can be a stressor that leads [...]
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5 Reasons why you should care about your blood Pressure! May 11, 2021
What are they? Your brain, heart, eyes, kidneys, and penis. Yep, you read that right! Those are 5 perfect reasons to care about your Blood Pressure. This post may contain affiliate links. May is Blood Pressure Awareness month here on Health Buddy Melissa. All month I am sharing posts on the topic of Blood Pressure. [...]
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gardening: fresh food and fitness for the entire family May 10, 2021
This is a guest post from Fixitdads. Rob reached out to me via email and requested to do a guest post. If you would like to do a guest post on Health Buddy Melissa, please use the contact form at the end of the post to message me. The image is his and he agreed [...]
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Low Calorie food #2 and it helps hbp! May 7, 2021
Hello, Friday! This is my weekend to work which is a bummer because it is Mother’s Day and my daughter’s 17th birthday. But, don’t worry we are celebrating this evening at a local restaurant that is a favorite of hers. So, I had a low calorie lunch because eating out is always tuff when you [...]
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hypertension, high blood pressure, Hbp! What is it? May 6, 2021
Hello, hello! I am so happy you are here. May is Blood Pressure Awareness Month here on Health Buddy Melissa. In March I focused on Kidney Disease, and in April Stress. You can read all of those posts in my archives. There is some great information there. So, what exactly is blood pressure anyways? Blood [...]
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Mother’s Day Special From Health Buddy Melissa May 5, 2021
Happy Wellness Wednesday! As promised I am announcing my Mother’s Day 50% off coupon for my It’s A New Day Coaching Plan. Keep reading to learn how to get the discount. The only way to get access to the code is to sign up for my Mailchimp mailing list. 2. Once you are signed up, [...]
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High blood pressure free coaching giveaway! May 4, 2021
Hello, and Happy Tuesday! For the month of May I decided to focus on High Blood Pressure as my topic for my free coaching session giveaway. 10 lucky people will receive a 60 minute coaching session. This will not include the free health assessment and review, that is already free. Keep reading to learn how [...]
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