by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 12, 2013 | Stress
Stress is a “four letter” word for most of us. Stress causes fatigue, frustration, and frazzled nerves. But, it is really how we perceive stress that makes it bad. My latest 24 Hours newspaper article covered some of the basic ways that you can better...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 8, 2013 | Food, Recipe
You may not expect to read about a food truck drink on a health blog. Certainly, many of the options available from food trucks are not health foods, though there are now better options than there once were–hot dogs, chips, and pop. It was at the Kitsilano...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jul 20, 2013 | Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Sometimes time seems to fly by. Especially now, in the middle of summer. It seems it’s June one day, September the next. For those suffering from pain or other health challenge, however, sometimes time drags. Though a health problem can happen in an...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jul 14, 2013 | Herbs and Supplements
The following very LONG page is from 2 articles I wrote for a local magazine. I thought some might find it useful here: Have you ever walked into a pharmacy or a nutrition store and gazed upon the bottle upon bottle of options for supplements? Perhaps you want to buy...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jul 14, 2013 | Digestion, Food
My article as printed in Inside Tract about TCM and digestion: “What foods should I eat?” For my patients both with and without digestive health issues, this is a common question. My answer is not that simple. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles have me...
