by Dr. Melissa Carr | Sep 3, 2013 | Healthy Habits
This morning I was blessed to be able to practice my yoga. The teacher’s goal today was to help us learn to fly. My favourite! I think I may have been a bird in another life as I used to look forward to my flying dreams. Sadly, being an adult, those dreams seem...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 24, 2013 | Digestion, Food
Perhaps you’ve heard of probiotics through yogurt commercials showing a joyfully dancing belly, arrows pointing downward, and hands forming heart shapes over the abdomen, all inferring some of the benefits of these good bacteria. Yogurt and other fermented...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 12, 2013 | Food
Which herb is… – a good source of vitamin K? – anti-bacterial? – protects against radiation? – good to treat carpal tunnel syndrome, indigestion, insect bites, and pneumonia? – a delicious summer market find? This herb is just one...
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...
