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 | 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 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 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...
