节日大餐的健康提示！

节日大餐的健康提示！

两年前，我们写了有關如何预防和控制在节日大餐時可能出现的吃得過多的问题的博客。今年，我们想提醒你的一些健康提示，并为你提供一些美味的低脂肪，低碳水化合物的食谱！

1.当你把的火鸡或烤牛肉放在你的盘子上時，確保你要留下大量的空间來放蔬菜（生或熟）。如果可以选择，尽量挑瘦肉（如鸡肉），或鱼用餐。

2.盡量慢慢地吃。当你吃得太快時，因你的身体不能很快地产生消化酶，可导致消化不良。此外，我們需要至少吃20分钟來令大脑建立起一个酒足饭饱的信号，它告诉我们“飽了”。因此，如果我们慢慢吃，我们就会没有吃太多也觉得飽了。

3.在您用餐时，选择蔬菜或饮鱼清汤而不是酒精或汽水。饮酒和苏打水會破坏我们的血糖水平，过多的糖就會转化为脂肪存在我们的体內。

4.吃完节日大餐后，请不要直接去睡觉，或躺在沙发上观看电视。虽然你不应该在饭后做剧烈运动，但休闲的散步，或其他低强度的活动，可以帮助消化，从您的膳食燃烧掉一些卡路里。

这里有一份美味，低脂肪，低碳水化合物的食谱是采用 Walden Farms 的不含热量和碳水化合物的芝麻生姜酱。这个配方是來自厨师 Dan Verati 的一本食谱书里，我们曾與我們的减肥患者分享，是帮助他们成功减肥后保持体重的食谱。

照烧火雞和花椰菜飯

1 1/2磅的火鸡胸脯4件

4杯黄豆芽

2杯青椒

2杯葱

2茶匙柠檬汁

2茶匙蒜

2茶匙姜末（剁细）

1/4杯瓦尔登湖农场芝麻生姜酱

1汤匙麻油

1瓣大蒜剁碎

將柠檬汁，芝麻生姜酱和香油混合。使用一半來腌火鸡（30分钟至2小时），搁置。將火鸡肉煎一下（每边4〜6分钟）经常搽些腌料上去。用橄榄油爆香姜和蒜，加入辣椒和洋葱，煮3分钟。加入黄豆芽和保留腌料炒5分钟。即成火鸡黄豆芽

每份：卡路里398 19克脂肪44克蛋白质，18克碳水化合物

花椰菜飯（作为替代大米）

1個花椰菜，切成片，放入搅拌机種碎成米粒大小

·        在热不粘锅加入葡萄籽油后，再加入花菜，煮熟后盛入碗内，待用。

著名的減肥厨师Dan Verati

將來Custom Care Pharmacy美健药房

做一个健康的烹饪示范活动!!

日期：星期日，2015年1月31日

时间：下午2时至4时

地点：美健药房

打电话905-305-0111预订座位。

别忘了带上你的朋友和家人！

Healthy tips for holiday dinners!

Two years ago, we wrote a blog on preventing and managing problems that may arise from eating too many holiday meals. This year, we would like to remind you of some of the healthy tips and provide you with some delicious recipes that are low in fat and low in carbohydrates!

Healthy tips for holiday meals: 

1. When you are putting the turkey or roast beef on your plate, make sure you leave lots of room for vegetables (raw or cooked). If you can choose, try to pick lean meat (like chicken breast) or fish for your meal. 

2.  Eat slowly. When you eat too fast, your body cannot produce digestive enzymes fast enough and that can lead to indigestion. Furthermore, it takes at least 20 minutes of eating for our brain to register a satiated signal that tells us we are "full". So if we eat slowly, we will feel full without eating too much.

3. During your meal, choose a vegetable or fish broth soup over drinking alcohol or soda pop. Consuming alcohol and soda pop can disrupt our blood sugar level and the excess sugar is converted into fat inside our body. 

4. After having a holiday meal, try not to go straight to bed or lie down on a sofa to watch TV. Although you should not do intense exercise after a meal, a leisure walk or other low intensity activities can help with digestion and burn off some calories from your meal. 

Here is a delicious and low fat, low carbohydrates recipe using Walden Farms, zero calories, zero carbohydrates, Sesame Ginger Dressing. This recipe is from "My Ideal Recipes" by Chef Daniel Verati, a book of recipes that we share with our weight loss patients to help them maintain their weight after a successful diet. 

Turkey Teriyaki & Cauliflower rice

1 1/2 pounds turkey breast 4 pieces

4 cups soybean sprouts

2 cups green peppers

2 cups green onions

2 teaspoons lemon juice

2 teaspoons garlic

2 teaspoons ginger (chopped fine)

1/4 cup walden farms Seasame Ginger Dressing

1 tablespoon seasame oil

1 clove garlic minced

• Combine lemon juice, dressing and sesame oil. Use 1/2 to marinade turkey (30 mins to 2 hours). Set aside
• Broil cutlets (4 to 6 mins per side) brushing often with reserved marinade. 
• Saute ginger and garlic in olive oil. Add peppers and onions. Cook for 3 mins.
• Add soybean sprouts and reserved marinade and saute 5 mins. 
• Serve turkey on soybean sprouts

Per serving: 398 calories, 19 g fat, 44 g protein, 17 g carbohydrates

Cauliflower Rice (as an alternative to rice)

• 1 head of cauliflower, cut into slices and put into blender/chopper to make rice-size bits
• In a hot non-stick pan with grape seed oil, add cauliflower; let cook. pour into bowl and set aside

Custom Care Pharmacy will be having a 

healthy cooking demonstration event 

with the famous weight loss chef, Daniel Verati! 

Date: Sunday, Jan 31st 2015

Time: 2pm to 4pm

Location: Custom Care Pharmacy

Call 905-305-0111 to reserve your seat. 

Don't forget to bring your friends and family! 

乾燥皮膚的護理

當溫度下降到零度以下，室外空氣濕度降低可從我們的皮膚剝去水分。在室內有暖氣，但如果不使用加濕器也會引起皮膚乾燥。為了避免整個冬天皮膚乾燥，發癢，有幾件事情你可以做。以下有一些預防技巧您可以使用!

首先，我們要看看您正在使用的肥皂和保濕霜。如果你喜歡花很長的時間在淋浴, 和使用普通肥皂,這些都可以使你的皮膚很幹。最好是使用溫和的皮膚清潔劑（如 Cetaphil Gentle Cleanser），並在寒冷季節少用很熱的水淋浴。

潤膚露 (Lotion) 通常含有酒精和香料，可使你的皮膚乾燥和刺激。選擇乳霜類, 無香味的保濕霜較適合舒緩你的乾燥皮膚。對於那些有特殊敏感肌膚的，小心商店買保濕劑裡面的化學防腐劑, 有時會引起過敏和皮膚狀況惡化。

在美健藥房，我們現在提供一種100％全天然的皮膚保濕霜，無需處方。含有的成分，是100％的蔬菜來源，完全沒有化學防腐劑。

該護膚霜中含有的天然成分，NataPres，包含多個植物提取物，能自然保存護膚霜, 對抗細菌和真菌的生長。

如果你一直使用我們的經典的保濕霜強有力的或輕保濕霜，這些都仍然可採購。你還可選擇添加抗皺成分!

如果你想擺脫黑斑或老年斑，我們現在提供定制美白祛斑治療霜。

了解更多詳情，請致電905-305-0111

美健藥房

Taking care of your dry skin

When the temperature plunges down to below zero, the drop in humidity in the outdoor air can strip moisture from our skin. Indoor heating without the use of a humidifier can also cause dry skin. To avoid having dry, itchy and irritated skin all winter long, there are a few things that you can do.

First of all, take a look at the soap and moisturizer that you are currently using. Taking a long, hot shower and using a regular soap can make your skin very dry. It is best to use a gentle skin cleanser ( i.e. Cetaphil) and use less hot water in your shower during the cold season.

Moisturizers that are in a lotion often contains alcohol and fragrance that can dry and irritate your skin. Choose a moisturizer that is cream based and without fragrance to soothe your dry skin.

For people with extra sensitive skin, the chemical preservatives that are present in common off-the-shelf moisturizers can sometimes cause irritation and flare-ups of skin conditions.

At Custom Care Pharmacy, we now provide a 100% All natural skin moisturizer that we can dispense to you without a prescription. 

The All Natural Skin Cream contains ingredients that are 100% from vegetable sources, with absolutely no chemical preservatives. 

The natural ingredient, NataPres, contains extract of multiple plants that can naturally preserve the cream against bacteria and fungus growth.

Furthermore, we dispense the All Natural Skin Cream in an airless jar to prevent contamination that sometimes can occur with common twist top vials.

Of course, we continue to provide our classic moisturizers: both in strong base and light base. The classic moisturizers can be boosted with anti-wrinkle ingredients. Just ask us to "add booster"!  

Custom made Skin lightening treatment cream are also available.  

Contact us in store for further details or call us at 905-305-0111.

The difference between the nasal spray flu vaccine and the flu shot

As you may have heard that this year, children and youth between the age of 5-17 years, living in Ontario can choose to get the nasal spray flu vaccine or the flu shot.

Here's what you need to know about the nasal spray flu vaccine: 

Then nasal spray flu vaccine is called FluMist Quadrivalent. It contains a live, attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV). A live vaccine contains a weakened form of the virus that causes the flu. 

This weakened virus does not cause disease and should not give you the flu if you have a healthy immune system. However, as your body responds to the weakened virus and begins to produce an immune response, you may experience some flu-like symptoms. 

The most common side effects in kids are runny/stuffy nose, reduced appetite, weakness, headache and fever. FluMist Quadrivalent does not contain any preservatives. 

The nasal spray vaccine is a gentle mist that needs to be administered to both nostrils. The administration of the vaccine should be done by your doctor, nurse or a trained pharmacist. 

This is a useful alternative for children who avoid the flu vaccine due to their fear of needles. Unfortunately, adults 18 years and above are not eligible for the nasal spray vaccine, unless they pay for the vaccine. 

The flu shot is an inactivated or recombinant vaccine, which means it does NOT contain any live flu virus. It cannot cause the flu. The side effects with getting a flu shot can include the following: soreness or swelling on the site of injection, fever, headache, cough and hoarseness, fatigue and aches, itching and itchy eyes. 

Custom Care Pharmacy will be providing flu vaccines to patients once again. 

The flu vaccine is the best form of defense against the flu virus. Symptoms of the flu can include fever, cough or sore throat, headache and tiredness. Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea. Since it takes about 2 weeks for the flu vaccine to give you protection, it is best to get the vaccine early.

The flu vaccines will be arriving at Custom Care Pharmacy very soon. 


You can call us at 905-305-0111 to register your name so that we can contact you as soon as we get the vaccines at our pharmacy. As usual, we are available to provide immunization during our normal store hours, we are open from 10am to 8pm Mondays to Fridays and on Saturdays from 9:30am to 5pm.  

Don't forget to moisturize! 

As the weather gets colder, our skin can get dry very quickly. Custom Care Pharmacy now offers an ALL NATURAL moisturizer. The ingredients are 100% from vegetable sources. Our classic custom made moisturizers are still available in strong and regular strength. Come in or call us to pre-order yours. 905-305-0111

Have a safe and happy Hallowe’en!

  

鼻噴劑流感疫苗知多少?

你可能聽說過今年 5-17歲居住在安省的兒童和青少年可以選擇免費獲得鼻噴劑流感疫苗。但是你對於這種鼻噴劑流感疫苗知道多少？

噴鼻劑流感疫苗被稱為FluMist®。這種疫苗含了削弱，但還活著的流感病毒。如果你有正常健康的免疫系統, 這削弱了的病毒是應該不會引起你感冒的。然而，你可能會出現一些類似感冒的症狀，這是因為你的身體響應削弱病毒並產生的免疫反應。

在兒童最常見的副作用是流鼻涕/鼻塞，食慾下降，乏力，頭痛，發燒。

FluMist®不含有任何防腐劑。鼻噴劑疫苗是需要在每邊鼻孔噴一次。用一半的份量噴入每邊的鼻孔內，由醫生，藥劑師或護士使用。

對於害怕打針的小孩來說，鼻噴劑疫苗是另一個選擇。但18歲及以上的成年人就需要自己付費購買噴鼻疫苗。但打針疫苗仍然免費提供。

與往年一樣，打針流感疫苗是一種滅活或重組疫苗，它不包含任何活的流感病毒。它不會引起流感。

流感疫苗副作用可包括以下症狀：注射位置疼痛或腫脹，發燒，頭痛，咳嗽，聲音嘶啞，疲勞和疼痛，瘙癢和眼睛發癢等等。

 

美健藥房今年再次為社區提供流感疫苗註射服務!由於現時各地區都有很大的需求，美健藥房正等候流感疫苗的供應。歡迎來電 905-305-0111登記名字，一有流感疫苗我們會立刻通知你。

流感疫苗是抵禦流感病毒的最佳方法。流感的症狀包括發燒，咳嗽，咽痛，頭痛和疲倦。有些人甚至可能有嘔吐和腹瀉。由於流感疫苗需要大約2個星期才起效，最好是及早接種疫苗。

千萬不要忘了滋潤皮膚！

 隨著天氣漸漸變冷，我們的皮膚乾燥速度非常快。美健藥房現在提供了一種全天然的保濕劑。成分是100％從植物來源! 絕不含化學品。還可自選添加香味或抗皺成份! 聯絡我們： （905） 305-0111。

祝你有一個愉快和安全的萬聖節！

喉嚨痛 該怎麼辦呢？

當我們進入秋季，我們經常會遇到病人有喉嚨痛症狀。喉嚨痛通常是感冒的第一個跡象。它可以由病毒或細菌引起的。

喉嚨痛最常見的原因是由病毒引起。這種類型的喉嚨痛往往幾天後不用治療會自己消退。然而，感冒症狀，如流鼻涕和鼻塞可以跟隨咽痛症狀。

咽喉炎是由鏈球菌感染引起的喉嚨痛。咽喉炎喉嚨腫痛往往更嚴重，持續時間更長。

喉嚨痛也有其他原因，如，吸煙，污染或在空氣中的刺激物，過敏症，和乾燥的空氣等。

什麼樣的藥物是用來治療喉嚨痛？

喉嚨痛 患者經常會要求抗生素處方。但是，如果喉嚨痛是由感冒病毒引起，抗生素治療是不行的。抗生素治療是只對細菌，如鏈球菌細菌咽喉炎有效。

要診斷咽喉炎，你可以使用一個快速鏈球菌測試 (Rapid Strep Test)或你的醫生可以發送咽拭子實驗室做測試。

*快速鏈球菌測試 RAPID STREP TEST在美健藥房出售。

這個測試5分鐘內給你結果，並可以立即通過TELEMEDICINE醫療服務得到處方治療!

美健藥房營業時間為週一至週五上午10點至晚上8點，每週六上午9點半至下午5點

對於病毒引起的喉嚨痛，使用非處方感冒藥可以減輕一些症狀。此外，多喝溫水，用鹽水漱口和得到足夠的休息可以幫助你感覺好一點點。

新消息!! 美健藥房旁邊的診所有一個新的醫生加入!

許滎鑠醫生將10月起接受新病人!

許醫生說流利英語,普通話和台灣語。他是畢業於加拿大多倫多大學醫學系，有超過20年的經驗!

要預約請致電416-291-0033

Do you have a sore throat?

As we enter into the fall season, we often see patients complaining of a sore throat.  Sore throat is commonly the first sign of a cold. It can be caused by viruses or bacteria. The most common causes of sore throats are viruses. This type of sore throat often gets better on its own after a few days. However, cold symptoms such as runny nose and congestion may follow the sore throat symptom.

Strep throat is a type of sore throat that is caused by an infection due to streptococcus bacteria. With strep throat, the sore throat is often more severe and persists.

There are also other causes of sore throat such as, smoking, pollution or irritants in the air, allergies, and dry air.

What kind of medication is used to treat a sore throat?

Patients will often ask for an antibiotic prescription when they have a sore throat. However, if the sore throat is caused by a cold virus, an antibiotic treatment will not work. An antibiotic treatment is only effective against bacteria, such as the streptococcus bacteria in strep throat.

To diagnose strep throat, you can get a Rapid Strep Test or your doctor can send a throat swab to the lab for a culture.

*Rapid Strep Test is available at Custom Care Pharmacy.* 

This test gives you results within 5 minutes and you can immediately get a prescription treatment via Telemedicine service! 

Custom Care Pharmacy is open from 10am to 8pm Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 5pm on Saturdays. Call us at 905-305-0111 to find out more!

  

For a sore throat caused by a cold virus, over-the-counter cold medications may relieve some of the symptoms.  In addition, drinking warm liquids, gargling with salt water and getting enough rest are things that can help to feel better.

New Walk-in & Family Doctor besides Custom Care Pharmacy

Dr. Ricky Hsu (family doctor) will begin accepting new patients starting Oct 1st, 2015. 

Dr. Hsu is fluent in English, Mandarin and Taiwanese. He is a graduate of University of Toronto and he has been a medical doctor in Canada and Taiwan for over 20 years. 

Medical clinic hours:

Mon    Dr. Hsu 10am - 1pm   

Tues   Dr. Cheng   10am - 7pm

Wed    Dr. Cheng  10am – 7pm

Thurs  Dr. Hsu 10am -1pm

Fri       Dr. Cheng  10am – 7pm

Call 416-291-0033 to book an appointment

Telemedicine: 點擊一下，您可以與醫生直接諮詢!

美健藥房是萬錦市唯一的一間可提供 Telemedicine 醫療服務的藥房。

患者可以在我們的檢查室通過安全的視頻會議技術(videoconference)直接諮詢一名安省註冊的醫生拿取藥物處方。

由於有超過30個可諮詢的醫生，只需等幾分鐘就可跟醫生交談。

該方案是由安大略省政府資助。你只需把你的健康卡帶來就行了。

如果您不是安大略省居民，你可能要支付看醫生的費用。藥房將代表該服務你的醫生收取此款項。

什麼是Telemedicine醫療？

安省Telemedicine醫療網絡（OTN）是世界上最大的醫療網絡之一。這種技術被用於在每一個醫院和數百間安省的診所。

首次在醫院裡應用安省Telemedicine醫療網絡對中風的緊急護理是一個成功的故事。八年以來，其telemedicine醫療為急診醫生通過視頻即時諮詢精於中風治療的專家來評估和治療急性中風患者。

採用創新的技術，安省Telemedicine醫療網絡簡化了醫療流程，同時也拓展了知識共享的方式，增加醫療專業人員相互之間以及與患者間的互動。

作為一個不以營利為目的的組織，安省telemedicine醫療網絡 是由安大略政府資助。您可以通過點擊下面的鏈接閱讀更多有關安大略省telemedicine醫療網絡的信息：https://otn.ca/en/about-us

我可以要求Telemedicine醫生開哪種處方藥物呢？

如果一般購買的藥物未緩解你的症狀，您可以要求Telemedicine醫生為你開更有效的處方藥。

下面是一些常見的例子：

如果你有季節性的過敏症狀（如發癢，水汪汪的眼睛，鼻塞），你可以問醫生開處方藥，以緩解症狀。

如果您需要治療唇皰疹，你可以問 Telemedicine 醫生開處方藥處方藥膏，以防止和減少嘴唇起泡。

紅眼病或眼部感染都是兒童中很常見，你可以問 Telemedicine 醫生開抗生素眼藥水治療。

對於輕微的皮膚症狀，如皮疹，蟲咬，腳氣，輕微燒傷等，你可以問醫生開處方藥膏, 比一般購買的藥物更有效地治療這些症狀。

青春痘/痤瘡的治療也可以立即問醫生開處方藥。

Telemedicine 醫生也可以幫助你更新你的處方藥。所以，如果你用完了你的藥物處方您可以要求醫生幫你更新處方。然而，管制藥品是不允許的。

如果我想看一個現場的醫生呢？

程醫生, 每週二，週三和週五，上午十時至晚上7時開診。他的診所位於美健藥房旁邊。

Telemedicine 醫療網絡診所每週一，週四，上午九時半至晚上八時開診, 週六上午九時半至下午2時。

8月30日美健藥房舉行活動，快來登記!

你想煮更健康，可口的飯菜？

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 日期：星期日 2015年8月30日    時間：2-4pm

地點：美健藥房

RSVP: 905-305-0111

Telemedicine at Custom Care Pharmacy: Click and you can see a doctor now

Custom Care Pharmacy is the only location in Markham providing telemedicine walk-in medical service. 

Patients can ask an Ontario licensed medical doctor for a prescription through a computer monitor in our exam room, using a secured 2-way videoconferencing technology.

Because there are over 30 medical doctors accessible through telemedicine, the wait time to talk to a doctor is only a few minutes. 

This program is funded by the Ontario government. All you need to do is to bring your health card to see a doctor. 

If you are not an Ontario resident, you may see the doctor for a fee. This payment will be collected at the pharmacy on behalf of the telemedicine doctor.  

What is Telemedicine? 

The Ontario Telemedicine Network (OTN) is one of the largest telemedicine networks in the world. This technology is being used in every hospital and hundreds of clinics across Ontario. 

OTN’s first application for emergency care, telestroke, is a success story. For eight years, the first-of-its-kind telemedicine application provides emergency physicians in the hospital with immediate access via video to neurologists with expertise in stroke care who can assess and treat patients experiencing acute stroke.

Using innovative technology, OTN streamlines the health care process, while also expanding the way knowledge is shared and how the medical professionals interacts with each other and with patients.  

As an independent, not-for-profit organization, OTN is funded by the Government of Ontario. You can read more about the Ontario Telemedicine Network by clicking on the following link: https://otn.ca/en/about-us

What kind of prescription can I ask for? 

If the over-the-counter treatment is not relieving your symptoms, you may ask the doctor for a more effective prescription medication or for one that is covered by your benefit plan. Here are some common examples: 

If you have seasonal allergy symptoms (such as itchy and watery eyes, stuff nose) and they are not relieved by over-the-counter products, you can ask the telemedicine doctor for a prescription treatment to relieve those symptoms. 

If you need treatment for cold sores, you can ask the telemedicine doctor to prescribe a cold sore ointment to prevent and reduce the blistering lesion on your lip. 

Pink eye (infective conjunctivitis) are very common in kids, you can ask the telemedicine doctor to prescribe an antibiotic eye drop to treat the infection right away. 

For minor skin conditions, such as rash, insect bites, athlete's foot, minor burn, etc., you can ask the telemedicine doctor to prescribe an ointment or cream to treat these conditions more effectively. 

You can also ask the telemedicine doctor for a prescription treatment for acne, impetigo, canker sores, just to name a few examples. 

The telemedicine doctor can also help you renew your prescription medication . So if you run out of your medication and your family doctor is not available to renew it, you can ask the telemedicine doctor to renew the prescription for you. However, no narcotic and controlled drugs are permitted.

What if I want to see a doctor in person? 

Dr. Hang Cheng is an Ontario licensed medical doctor that will see walk-in patients on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, from 10am to 7pm. His clinic is located right beside Custom Care Pharmacy. 

The telemedicine walk in service is available inside Custom Care Pharmacy on Monday and Thursday from 9:30am to 8pm and Saturday from 9:30am to 2pm.

Upcoming event at Custom Care Pharmacy:

On Sunday August 30th, from 2pm to 4pm, 

Custom Care Pharmacy is hosting a patient seminar to discuss weight management to prevent the "3 highs" of high blood pressure, high blood sugar and high cholesterol.

** Famous Chef Daniel Verati, the author of "My Ideal Recipes"   will be coming to do a healthy low carb, low fat cooking demonstration for us!**

Please RSVP soon by calling us at 905-305-0111