by Dr. Melissa Carr | Aug 2, 2023 | Digestion, Food, Health Tips, Healthy Habits
August might otherwise be known as BBQ month. In TCM, we have 5 seasons, not 4. The 5th season is called late summer and August is a mix of summer and late summer, so the organ systems that are most active are the Heart and Small Intestines and the Spleen and Stomach....
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Mar 29, 2021 | Digestion, Food, Healthy Habits, immune boosting, immune system, Recipe
Sauerkraut Recipe Today I hosted an online gathering of friends. Pre-COVID, we used to meet at my place to do crafting, but a couple of months ago I decided we have to meet up again now, so I checked in with them about teaching each other something in an online group....
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jul 14, 2020 | Food, Recipe
Well, I’m actually not a big fan of ice cream. I mostly lost my appetite for ice cream while working in ice cream shops as a youth. I started to loathe the delicious dessert because of scraping and wiping ice cream off too many surfaces, freezing my butt off...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Mar 29, 2020 | Exercise, Food, Happiness, Health Tips, Healthy Habits
CONTEST! Staying on top of healthy habits like exercising, eating nutritious food, limiting junk food, maintaining social connections, curbing tv and other screen time, and practicing gratitude can be tough at the best of times. But in these days of COVID-19...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Mar 19, 2020 | acupressure, Allergies, Food, Health Tips, Herbs and Supplements, Video
I’ve never done a video blog before, so here’s my first one. With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting people worldwide right now, life is upside-down for many of us. As we try to protect our vulnerable citizens and our medical facilities and system from...
by Dr. Melissa Carr | Jan 28, 2020 | Exercise, Food, Health Tips, Healthy Habits, holistic health, Sleep
When I do an Instagram search of #selfcare, it shows up (as of this very moment) as 22,953,025 posts. Most of those are beauty posts (so many products) and cheesy memes that flash across your screen but change little. Self care is so much more than this. Don’t...
