Carolyn does not drink alcohol for various reasons - empty calories- does not help the body composition, also inhibits circulations and blood flow which lowers enjoyment of other facets in life, dehydrates you, and you just don't need to loose your inhibitions. Those that feel inhibited have other aspects to work on. READ the following information. Karen Boyle, director of Reproductive Medicine and Surgery unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore:

"These drugs effect blood flow by their actions on arteries & veins and [negatively] impact testosterone levels, & thus libido." Relying on alcohol to get in the mood could be a sign of a deeper problem. I Personally I don't drink,not even caffeine- keep the body steady !I encourage people to take care of their bodies as they enjoy life more. To be direct about limiting alcohol as I get a lot of inquires- here you go! "Alcohol, a false aphrodisiac, merely lowers inhibitions and raises the level of one's irrationality. Even worse, booze and other party drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy (MDMA) contribute to ED (lack of blood flow, poor circulation etc.) BE Healthy, have fun and BE FITT4Life."

Carolyn's philosophy is "no quick fixes" and address key causal factors prior to even considering intense surgical procedures that are a last resort after lifestyle choices have been addressed. Nutrition and exercise go a long way!

Weight-loss surgery may soon be widely used Advancements in procedures that are usually a last resort for the obese are making them potentially suitable for moderately overweight and diabetic people.

After spending the majority of her 48 years trying, and failing, to slim down, Veronica Mahaffey was still 50 pounds overweight -- not morbidly obese by a long shot, but still far from the size she wanted. Worried about her health, she called a San Diego weight-loss surgery clinic last spring and asked for help.

By Shari Roan
January 3, 2010

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Carolyn Moos USA BB, B.A.
Stanford, FIBA/WNBA, M.A. USC, ACE
Personal trainer, yoga instructor, nutrition consultant.

Student-athletes and parents, I would like to take the opportunity to introduce myself prior to writing about the important of Sports nutrition for you and your athletic family! My name is Carolyn Moos, I played for USA Basketball (6'5'' F/C) winning a gold medal in the Jr. Olympics, I have a B.A. from Stanford, played for FIBA/WNBA, have a M.A. from USC and currently practice as an ACE Certified Personal trainer, yoga instructor and nutrition consultant in Los Angeles as well as provide virtual training (Skype, Flip) online with nutrition log analysis.

Sports nutrition directly affects the ratio of muscle versus body fat that an athlete builds as they train hard (and smart) for their sport. It is not just about what amount of calories your body needs, but it is integral to get the right macronutrient profiled ratios of proteins, carbohydrates and fats in consistently planned meals throughout the day. Eating the right types of foods in each given category at the right times also affects the absorption rates of glucose, amino acids and other key nutrients. I specialize in meal timing, glycemic index (rate at which glucose is broken down in your blood stream which is the primary source of mental and physical energy), macronutrient profiling and menu planning relative to training schedules. Different sports and activities utilize slightly different ratios of macronutrients and most importantly you need to fuel for the intensity, duration and mode for your sport.

I would like to list some of the mistakes I see most often with athlete clients I work with relative to their sports nutrition. (1) Skipping breakfast: this is like putting logs on a fire, your fire being your basal metabolic rate- not to mention you are glucose deprived in the morning as your body repairs itself during sleep- YOU NEED A WELL BALANCED breakfast to jump start your metabolism and to give you energy you need for your morning workouts and high demand academics-

YES nutrition directly affects your mental concentration, too! (2) Not eating every 3 hours- YOU need to consume food every 3 hours to keep your glucose levels steady- ideally 6 mini meals all planned with balanced macronutrients is key (this along with sleep deprivation directly affects your cortisol to endorphin ratios!- Cortisol can inhibit muscle repair- you can email me for more information.

Example of meal timing would include: 7AM breakfast, workout or school, 10:30 mid morning mini meal or post workout meal,  1:00PM Lunch, 4:00PM mini meal or pre practice snack for student-athletes- portable non-perishable options can be discussed! 7PM post workout (student-athletes) or evening meal- ideal ratio of macronutrients and 9:30PM pre bed mini snack  Exact menu planning can be discussed with me directly via This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Another mistake athletes make with their nutrition (3) too little variety of fruits, vegetables, proteins, complex carbs- variety in general! for fruits and vegetables I keep it simple and I say "Eat a rainbow"- varied colors- the richer the colors the better ex: spinach or collard greens much better than romaine lettuce and broccoli much better than cauliflower (as vegetables), variety of grains, and variety of amino acids through all proteins.

(4) Lack of understanding of goals relative to nutrition. For example: do you want to bulk up and get more muscle- ex: defensive lineman in football or a center who just needs a little more explosiveness. TOO often athletes try to bulk up by just adding more of ANY type of calories- WRONG way to do it. You will build based upon WHAT you eat too- ex: muscle vs. fat with the baseline assumption your workouts are intense enough to build muscle. I also specialize in sport specific training relative to specific goals (bulking up vs. leaning out- increased coordination etc.). You also have to carefully track your nutrition logs if your goal is to lean out (keep hard earned lean muscle tissue on you, while getting a bit more fit so you increase your speed and endurance). Once you clearly understand your goals, nutrition and training can be shaped to fit your personal interests. I also work with clinical patients such as type II diabetics and there exists synergy between meal timing and understanding the glycemic index for mass public, type II diabetics as well as elite athletes!

Everything you put in your body and your overall lifestyle is just as important. As an elite athlete you need to make mature decisions that help you function better-(no alchohol), drink plenty of water, eat at consistent times and rest at consistent times relative to goal of muscle repair. How macronutrients affects your blood glucose directly affects your performance and what type of a body you build short and long term. Sports nutrition created the foundation for ideal body composition, while lowering risk of injury, improving performance and prolonging your career. If you have inquiries about how nutrition log analysis can help you- you can e-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the e-mail title-head "FITT4Life-Nutrition." I do work with athletes from all around the world via e-mail, phone and Skype.  I also provide virtual grocery store tours (Flip emailed videos) to teach student-athletes and parents how to shop and stock up on healthy foods and provide Sports camps and large groups Skype nutrition presentations. I can work with you anytime, from anywhere to help you be your best. -Carolyn Moos USA BB, B.A. Stanford, FIBA/WNBA, M.A. USC, ACE Personal trainer, yoga instructor, nutrition consultant. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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Reporting from Washington - Acupuncturists, dietary-supplement makers and other alternative health practitioners, some of whose treatments are considered unproven by the medical establishment, would be brought more squarely into the mainstream of American medicine under the health legislation now before the Senate.

The legislation would allow doctors to incorporate alternative health providers in some treatment plans. It also includes language that some believe could require insurance companies to expand their coverage for alternative therapies, on which Americans now spend $34 billion a year.

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The Full Yield, a start-up, aims to help employers cut health care costs via better food choices, from salads to yogurt parfaits. Its board includes Gary Hirshberg, right, C.E.O. of Stonyfield Farm.
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Published: November 28, 2009

Steven Burd isn’t a doctor or a medical specialist. But he sure can talk like one.

Zoe Finch Totten, second from left, C.E.O. of the Full Yield, offered sample portions of its menu offerings to employees of Harvard Pilgrim, an insurance company.

“I can take any standard diagnostic procedure and there’s typically a five- to tenfold difference in the cost of that identical procedure, whether it’s an M.R.I., CT scan, a diagnostic catheterization, a colonoscopy, you name it,” says Mr. Burd, the chief executive of Safeway.

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Carolyn says "You ARE what you Eat!"- BE FITT4Life!  SEE great article for corporate and U.S. Wellness!

Carolyn's Articles re Nutrition-Fitness for Pro Athletes (NFL, NBA, MLB) transition post playing.  Be healthy and FITT4Life!

Sports Illustrated article that describes the efforts of two former Oregon linemen to ‘right the nutritional ship’ after their playing days.

Washington Post article: Former Athletes Tackle the Challenge of Eating on an Ordinary Scale

Numerous nutritional and herbal products are marketed to promote weight gain, weight loss, and/or improve performance. Most have a theoretical basis for use but little data supporting safety and efficacy in athletes. A number are heavily marketed despite data indicating that they do not affect body composition, performance, and/or training adaptations at the dosages recommended. It is in these particular situations that unsupported claims explicitly or implicitly endorsed by sport nutrition specialists constitute fraud and/or "quackery". Prudent training, maintaining an energy balance and nutrient dense diet, proper timing of nutrient intake, and obtaining adequate rest are the cornerstones to enhancing performance and/or training adaptations. Use of a limited number of nutritional supplements that research has supported can help improve energy availability (e.g., sports drinks, carbohydrate, creatine, caffeine, etc) and/or promote recovery (carbohydrate, protein, essential amino acids, etc) can provide additional benefit in certain instances. The sport nutrition specialist should stay up to date regarding the role of nutrition on exercise so they can provide honest and accurate information to their students, clients, and/or athletes about the role of nutrition and dietary supplements on performance and training. Furthermore, the sport nutrition specialist should actively participate in exercise nutrition research; write unbiased scholarly reviews for journals and lay publications; help disseminate the latest research findings to the public so they can make informed decisions about appropriate methods of exercise, dieting, and/or whether various nutritional supplements can affect health, performance, and/or training; and, disclose any commercial or financial conflicts of interest during such promulgations to the public. Finally, sport nutrition specialists can challenge companies who sell exercise equipment and/or nutritional supplements to develop scientifically based products, conduct research on their products, and honestly market the results of studies so consumers can make informed decisions.
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The ‘Costs’ of Medical Care
Government control of health care will shift costs, not reduce them.
By Thomas Sowell

We are incessantly being told that the cost of medical care is “too high” ― either absolutely or as a growing percentage of our incomes. But nothing that is being proposed by the government is likely to lower those costs, and much that is being proposed is almost certain to increase the costs.

There is a fundamental difference between reducing costs and simply shifting costs around, like the pea in a carnival shell game. Costs are not reduced simply because you pay less at a doctor’s office and more in taxes ― or more in insurance premiums, or more in higher prices for other goods and services that you buy, because the government has put the costs on businesses that pass those costs on to you.

Costs are not reduced simply because you don’t pay them. It would undoubtedly be cheaper for me to do without the medications that keep me alive and more vigorous in my old age than people of a similar age were in generations past.
Letting old people die would undoubtedly be cheaper than keeping them alive ― but that does not mean that the costs have gone down. It just means that we refuse to pay the costs. Instead, we pay the consequences. There is no free lunch.

Providing free lunches to people who go to hospital emergency rooms is one of the reasons for the current high costs of medical care for others. Politicians mandating what insurance companies must cover is another free lunch that leads to higher premiums for medical insurance ― and fewer people who can afford it.

Despite all the demonizing of insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and doctors for what they charge, the fundamental costs of goods and services are the costs of producing them.

If highly paid chief executives of insurance companies or pharmaceutical companies agreed to work free of charge, it would make very little difference in the cost of insurance or medications. If doctors’ incomes were cut in half, that would not lower the cost of producing doctors through years of expensive training in medical schools and hospitals, nor the overhead costs of running doctors’ offices.

What it would do is reduce the number of very able people who are willing to take on the high costs of a medical education when the return on that investment is greatly reduced and the aggravations of dealing with government bureaucrats are added to the burdens of the work.

Britain has had a government-run medical system for more than half a century and it has to import doctors, including some from Third World countries where the medical training may not be the best. In short, reducing doctors’ income is not reducing the cost of medical care, it is refusing to pay those costs. Like other ways of refusing to pay costs, it has consequences. Any one of us can reduce medical costs by refusing to pay them. In our own lives, we recognize the consequences. But when someone with a gift for rhetoric tells us that the government can reduce the costs without consequences, we are ready to believe in such political miracles.

There are some ways in which the real costs of medical care can be reduced, but the people who are leading the charge for a government takeover of medical care are not the least bit interested in actually reducing those costs, as distinguished from shifting the costs around or just refusing to pay them.

The high costs of “defensive medicine” ― expensive tests, medications, and procedures required to protect doctors and hospitals from ruinous lawsuits, rather than to help the patients ― could be reduced by not letting lawyers get away with filing frivolous lawsuits.

If a court of law determines that the claims made in such lawsuits are bogus, then those who filed those claims could be forced to reimburse those who have been sued for all their expenses, including their attorneys’ fees and the lost time of people who have other things to do. But politicians who get huge campaign contributions from lawyers are not about to pass laws to do this.

Why should they, when it is so much easier just to start a political stampede with fiery rhetoric and glittering promises?

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution
© 2009 Creators Syndicate, Inc.

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