by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jun 13, 2012 | Food
You’ve probably heard that there are health benefits to eating dark chocolate. Well, it’s true, dark chocolate can be healthy. Of course, it’s important not to overdo it and also to look for 70% or higher cocoa content. What a perfect world if...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jun 1, 2012 | Digestion, energy, Food, health care, holistic health
I am recently returned from a trip to Germany and France. I had training in Germany, so I extended the stay for a holiday visit. The training was very helpful. The travel was wonderful. The food…well, the food was different than my usual. I had never thought of...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 25, 2012 | Digestion, Food, Supplements
When was the last time you thought about HOW you eat? No, I’m not talking about what you eat, that’s another posting or two or three, probably lots more. Think about how you eat. Do you notice that you finish your snacks or meals without knowing how that...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 11, 2012 | Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Food, herbal tea, holistic health, immune boosting, Supplements, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Uncategorized
One of the inside jokes we have as Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioners is that TCM has two hearts and no brain. It may sound like it, but it’s really not a dig. In TCM we discuss function more than form. The two hearts are the physical heart and the...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Feb 7, 2012 | Acupuncture, Food, immune boosting, immune system, integrative medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Uncategorized
A friend of mine asked me to post some info on what to do after a bout of the flu or food poisoning. She called it a “forced detox”. That’s one way to put it! If you have had diarrhea or have been vomiting, the first and most important thing is to...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jul 22, 2011 | Digestion, Food, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Because of all the advertisements on tv—from wiggling hips to happy faces on bellies—most people know that one source of good bacteria is yogurt. Yogurt is made by adding bacterial cultures to milk to ferment it. This culturing process makes yogurt more easily...
