by Dr. Melissa Carr | Nov 18, 2013 | Health Tips, Healthy Habits
My November 7th article about staying healthy through Vancouver’s fall and winter months: Vancouver and the Lower Mainland have two distinct seasons — wet and dry. Though the cold and wet weather seems to entice us to cocoon indoors, become less physically...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Oct 28, 2013 | Food, Recipe
What’s better than a pumpkin spice latté? A pumpkin spice power smoothie! Why? Because… 1. Though the caffeine of a latté will give you energy initially, many feel the post-caffeinated crash a couple of hours later. This smoothie–with its blood...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Sep 29, 2013 | Food, Recipe
I’m off on holidays this October, heading to Italy! So, I thought my good friend, Chef Luisa Rios’ recipe for zucchini cakes would be a great recipe to share because I read that zucca is the Italian word for pumpkin or squash and so zucchini was derived...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Sep 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
We face it every year. School season starts and shortly after, so too does cold and flu season. It might seem inevitable that you are going to get sick when your family member returns home with a runny nose and a cough, but it is possible to defend against the...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Sep 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
When I was a kid, I tried to bargain my way out of any injections or blood draws. I once succeeded in talking my way out of a blood draw, much to the chagrin of my little sister who was chosen instead! Sorry sis! Now I do my own injections on myself. This summer I...
