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Health and Wellness information and resources for individuals 40 plus.

Weight Set Points: Why is it important to know?

Published by Shemika Mitchell RN, MSN, AGNP-C on
If you are a “Yo -Yo” dieter, who have been on multiple diets just to lose the weight and when you feel like you are free to eat a regular meal, you find yourse... Read More

What is Obesity and Why Does it Matter?

Published by Shemika Mitchell RN, MSN, AGNP-C on
Obesity is a chronic, progressive, debilitating disease, that causes an over production of fat cells. These fat cells have the ability to hypertrophy or grow very large over time. People are not born with a fixed number of fat cells. People without obesity may have between 25 – 35 b... Read More

The DASH Nutritional Program

Published by Shemika Mitchell RN, MSN, AGNP-C on
“Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension”Eating a healthy diet is an important approach to lower blood pre... Read More

Stress Management

Published by Shemika Mitchell RN, MSN, AGNP-C on
April is stress awareness month, and in honor of stress awareness I thought I'd discuss the topic of Stress. According to Dictionary.... Read More