Thanks for being a voice of moderation and enjoyment of food! Craig T. Hunt, RD
Washington

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As a Registered Nurse, I often see the devastation a lifetime of bad dietary habits can wreak on a persons health. Americans may be overweight, but most of us are still malnourished due to the poor nutrient content of our food as a result of our poor soils after so many years of intense farming. Not only does this cut our lives short, it steals many productive happy years before death as we suffer with the consequences of a body that is dying before the heart finally stops. Carolyn is on the right track, not only taking care of her own family's health through good nutritional principals, but sharing her wealth of knowledge with people she hasn't even met. She is a truly caring person pointing people in the direction of a happier, healthier more productive and longer life.
Juli Anna California, RN
Florida
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A friend recently related to me that a blood draw had indicated low Vitamin D levels. Okay, stop right there. I would like to have a TYS [told-you-so] moment. The nutritional and chiropractic community sounded the alarm about this even 4 years ago and were ridiculed for promoting D3 (cholecalciferol) supplements of a dangerous 800 IUs--that's 8 hundred international units--by the medical community. However, now the movement and research in the medical community has picked up steam. The Vitamin D test is standard fare when a patient is complaining of fatigue and exhaustion, especially in Northern climates. And do you know what the patient is told to do? Get Vitamin D3 shots of 50,000 IU weekly, averaging out to 7,100 IUs--7 thousand international units daily--for 8 weeks!
But I digress. Click here to read the full blog entry
I was on Facebook this morning and my friend Donna was talking about her resolution to be healthier and lose weight. She was doing the dance that we women and some men do with nutrition. Her post went something like this: "Today I did a lot of stuff that fitness experts don't call exercise [which, in fact, was snow shoveling for 2 hours], but I really worked hard. I wonder if that was enough to counteract that piece of pizza I had for supper?"
Then came the responses. To my relief, most of her friends blessed her and her supper, giving encouraging pats on the back. One person even amusingly mentioned the "Four Food Groups," which is a phrase I haven't heard since 6th grade health class. (Which isn't that commentator's fault...there is such a dearth of education in this area. For the record, there aren't "4 major foods groups" anymore--nutrition science has evolved to focus on what food families do in the body and thus the even more amusing "Food Pyramid" was conceived.) Click here to read the full blog entry
In a departure from my traditional Nutrition and holistic approach, I wanted to share some sound advice I've learned about using Twitter for business.
I reached a milestone recently--2000 followers of my Twitter account. I'd started @LiquidWholeFood on a lark, because I finally got fed up with all of the SEO articles telling me I had to if I wanted to be smart... Click here to read the full blog entry
Say the word chocolate quietly, and every woman in a 10 mile radius will cock an ear. Say it loudly, and the world will beat a path to your door. That is, until you add one little 4-letter adjective before it.
Dark chocolate is as much derided as it is treasured. A trip through the free Hershey's Chocolate World tour will show you that the only difference between dark chocolate and milk chocolate is the amount of milk solids (and with some types, sugar) added to it. But when speaking with people, you'd think it was a completely different substance.
There was great rejoicing click here to continue...
Sure, a picture's worth a thousand words, but I want to add mine...
Not to be snarky or anything, but how am I supposed to recommend this flavor to my friends?
Carolyn Schlicher is a Nutrition Professional who marvels at how the human body was created, and how when the body gets what it needs, it has the capacity to heal, operate, grow, and age in a healthy way. She models her nutritional counseling on Biblical principles and is especially concerned about the "Nutrition Nazi" voices that are permeating today's culture, knowing that they can work cross-purposes of getting people to eat better.
Carolyn graduated from Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, PA) and Ashworth College School of Allied Health (Norcross, GA) and gives presentations on various topics of nutrition and wellness how it is more attainable and less stressful than it's made out to be. She is a nutrition counselor for a local chiropractic clinic and has authored numerous articles that can be found in print and online.
Carolyn enjoys life with her husband Darryl, and listening to her children complain about having to eat their vegetables and fruit.
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The information provided on this blog is for informational purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for advice from your physician or doctor or any information contained on or in any product label or packaging. As always, please consult with your healthcare provider(s) before starting any diet, exercise or supplementation program, before taking any medication, or if you have or suspect you might have a problem. Please make good nutrition and fitness a part of your day.