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The Woodlands Institute publishes Health Articles specifically designed to keep you updated with relevant wellness news. In these newsletters, you’ll find valuable information regarding supplementation, fitness tips, and recipes.
TWIHW has been serving the community since 2004. Dr Mila McManus and her highly trained team at The Woodlands Institute for Health and Wellness are winners of numerous awards, including Living Magazine Best Of Readers’ Choice awards over the years: Best Functional Medicine Practice, Best Weight Loss Center, Best Bio-identical Hormone Practice.
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The Health Benefits of Pumpkins
By Nancy Mehlert, MS Wait! Before you say you don’t like pumpkin, consider trying it again. Here’s why: The fruit of these large, vining plants, so associated with harvest, belong to the Cucurbitaceae, or cucumber family. The two main types are "pepo," dubbed "small" pumpkins and are often carved into Jack-o-lanterns, and "maxima," the giant…
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You Can Think Your Way to Better Health
By Mila McManus MD and Nancy Mehlert, MS Your subconscious mind has one goal. From primitive times to this very day, it focuses on how to survive. Staying alive directs your subconscious mind to exercise caution, err on the safe side, fear the unknown, and avoid danger. All of that worked well when food…
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Keto Pumpkin Bread
Taste of Fall! Adapted from www.ketoconnect.net Makes 3 mini loaves, or one standard 8 X 4 loaf pan. Would work well as mini muffins also. Ingredients: 6 large pasture raised eggs 1 ½ cups Almond, Pecan or Hazelnut Flour ½ cup organic pumpkin puree, make it generous 1 ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice 4…
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7-Keto DHEA
One of the most important DHEA metabolites is 7-Keto DHEA (commonly referred to as 7-Keto). Unlike DHEA, 7-Keto does not convert to estrogen and testosterone. This provides increased utility that can be used for a myriad of adrenal and other health benefits without the same level of concern relative to feeding into the sex hormone…
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Ghostly Gluten – You May Think You Know, But We Bet You Don’t
By Mila McManus, MD and Nancy Mehlert, MS Gluten can seem like a ghost. We may not be familiar with all the sources, but most of us have heard the word by now. You can’t see it like you can see a bottle of Coca Cola or a candy bar. It hides in other consumables.…
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“She has the sparkles back in her eyes!”
[expand title="She has the sparkles back in her eyes!"] Hi Dr. McManus - Just wanted to share some continued good news with T. She is back conditioning 5 days and week and training with a coach. No dizzy spells and she is just having normal soreness with good recovery time. We made it through her…
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L-Lysine
L-Lysine is an essential amino acid which means that your body does not produce it but does require it for proper protein synthesis, enzyme production, collagen formation and tissue repair. That means we have to eat it and/or supplement with it. Excellent dietary sources of L-Lysine are found in animal meats, pumpkin seeds, eggs and…
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3 Quick Kitchen Tips
1. If you run a stainless steel skewer through the middle of a sweet potato before putting it in the oven, it will cook faster. The metal absorbs the heat and helps to cook the potato from the inside out. Doing this reduces baking time by up to 50%! 2. One way to…
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Golden Cauliflower Flatbread
[expand title="Golden Cauliflower Flatbread"] Great snack on the go! Ingredients: 2 cups of organic raw riced cauliflower 4 organic free range eggs 1 cup of almond meal 3 teaspoons of turmeric powder ½ teaspoon of Himalayan sea salt Directions: 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, then line a baking tray with parchment…
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