by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jan 25, 2016 | Exercise, Health Tips, Healthy Habits
Healthy Habits Instead of New Year’s Resolutions I find that there’s an aversion to the idea of New Year’s resolutions. It seems that the thought of failure is linked with resolutions like peanut butter is to jam or like healthy eating is to...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 18, 2015 | Healthy Habits
I hope this doesn’t send you into a panic, but we’re only a week away from Christmas now! For some, this time of year is exciting, for others it’s madness, and for still others it’s both. Holidays can overwhelm us with special sweet treats and the...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 17, 2015 | Food, Healthy Habits, Recipe
This isn’t a picture of my old rice cooker, but it did look similar. This one looks fancier though, as it has a “keep” warm function. Mine had just the one switch. “On” Is it weird that I love my automatic rice cooker? When I started...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 10, 2015 | Digestion, Health Tips, immune boosting, Sleep, Stress, travel
Many of you may be travelling this winter, either for Christmas holidays, New Year’s celebrations, or to get somewhere sunny early in the new year. The last thing you want to do is get sick. One of the first things I organize when I travel is my healthy travel...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Dec 2, 2015 | Chinese herbs, Food, herbal tea, Recipe
Did you know that a simple turmeric tea can help you stave off a number of diseases and treat a large number of symptoms and diseases? Turmeric has long been recognized for its powerful medicinal benefits by Traditional Chinese Medicine and Aryuvedic medicine, but...
