Health is definitely our priority and chances are that it is also yours.
Our mission is to share with you the best information that we can find on health and wellness so that we can all live a happy and long life.
We certainly hope that you find our site to be a useful resource for wellness and health-related information.
Let’s be healthy and live long together!
The Wellness Files Team
Meet The Team
Katherine Smith
Not necessarily a health police but more of a person who just wants to share the best information about health and wellness, Katherine started this site as a side hobby. Since she loves to read and learn about how to stay healthy through nutrition and other wellness practices, Katherine decided to setup WellnessFiles.com more as a repository of information that she has been gathering.
“When I started WellnessFiles.com, it was more for me to learn how to write and put together information that I could share with family and friends. I never really thought that this site would gain traction and get some loyal readership.”
Thanks to the support of family and friends, this site has grown from a little blog into a site that features the latest in health and wellness.
She says that with all the available information out there regarding health and wellness, it’s easy to get lost and confused with what really works and makes sense.
“My job is to sort through all these information and put them together in the most understandable way so that my readers will be able to benefit from them.”
When not busy managing this site, Katherine tries to live an active lifestyle. She loves to run in the park, play tennis with friends, and bowl occasionally. And who does not like that all time favorite past time of eating. Katherine says she really is the expert in eating, which she tries to do in the healthiest way as much as possible.
Jasmin Gorostiza, DT, DM, DSS, CFPP
Known fondly among her colleagues and friends as “THE Nutritionist”, we are very proud to have Jasmin as our in-house certified dietary and nutrition expert.
Jasmin joined our team recently to provide important and critical advisory and guidance to our published content.
Jasmin has over 20 years of food service management experience in healthcare. Jasmin prides herself in being able to help the people around her stay healthy and manage their weight by sharing her expertise in nutritional assessments, menu planning, and weight management advisory.
Her food and nutrition philosophy can be summed-up as follows:
“I don’t believe in extreme dieting. An attainable and sustainable approach to weight management should be everyone’s goal.”
More importantly, She adds:
“People should have a three-pronged approach to healthy eating. This means you should watch your calorie, saturated fat, and sodium (salt) intake. In combination with exercise, this approach will help prevent heart diseases, diabetes, obesity, and other health-related issues.”
Below are Jasmin’s certifications:
- Dietetic Technician (DT), Merritt College, Oakland, California
- Certified Dietary Manager (DM)
- Certified Dietary Service Supervisor (DSS) as required under California Title 22, CCR, Sections 70275(b) and 72035(b)
- Certified Food Protection Professional (CFPP)
- Serv Safe Certificate, California – HAACP (Food Safety)
Jasmin has also been a prime factor in helping seniors stay healthy and active by designing and applying her knowledge in therapeutic diets and geriatric nutrition.
Her experience and work responsibilities are as follows:
- Menu planning for general nutrition wellness, healthy eating, and heart health
- Overall supervision of Dietary Department in acute, rehab, and long-term care
- Preparing facilities for State Inspections and consistently passing all State Surveys
During her spare time, Jasmin loves to hang-out with her two wonderful kids, watch a lot of TV and movies, and just chill with Molly, her lovable Mini Schnauzer.
Here is a link to Jasmin’s LinkedIn profile in case you would like to learn more about her.
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wfteam [@] wellnessfiles [dot] com
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