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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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STAY HAPPY, HEALTHY AND FIT WITH A GOOD SEX LIFE!
2012 Since this is the month to celebrate love, we thought it would be nice to share nine ways that sex (once a week) can benefit your health: 1. Fewer colds due to an increase in IgA, an antibody that fights infection 2. Women can get more predictable periods because of exposure to male pheromones…
Read MoreGENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS – WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY
Genetic Modification, also known as biotechnology, is the alteration of the genetic makeup of organisms such as plants, animals or bacteria. GM products include medicines, vaccines, foods and food ingredients, feeds and fibers. Scientists identify a favorable genetic trait in one organism's DNA and transfer that favorable gene trait to another organism's DNA. Examples include…
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THERMOGRAPHY VS MAMMOGRAMS
The best researched use of thermal imaging to date has been in breast cancer detection. For three decades, over 250,000 women have been studied, some of them for up to 12 years. A critical difference between thermography versus mammography is the ability to detect problems early enough to use preventive measures, rather than detecting disease…
Read MoreTHE RAVAGES OF SUGAR ON ARTERIES
Just one century ago, people consumed about 15 grams of sugar a day mostly from pure cane sugar. Today, the typical person consumes a whopping 73 grams of sugar a day mostly in foods sweetened using the cheaper corn fructose sugar. A more subtle source of "sugar" intake comes from whole, sprouted and refined grains…
Read MoreSTRESS
Acute Stress Acute stress is the body's physiological reaction to a new challenge or sudden unexpected occurrence. Events such as a near-miss automobile accident, an argument with a family member or a costly mistake at work can trigger the body to turn on the "flight or fight" response. Acute stress isn't always caused by negative…
Read MoreDepression Symptoms & Treatment
Many people have felt sad or depressed at times. Depression occurs without regard to gender, age and lifestyle. Feeling depressed can be a normal reaction to loss, life's struggles or an injured self-esteem. But when feelings of intense sadness -- including feeling helpless, hopeless and worthless -- last for days or weeks and keep you…
Read MoreHealthy Children Make Healthy Adults
Here at TWIHW we are always hoping that everyone discovers wellness sooner rather than later. That goes for kids too!! Are you helping your kids to learn that their decisions about food, sleep, and exercise will impact them for a lifetime? Are you teaching them that they need to be responsible for their health? Summer…
Read MoreBRAIN HEALTH: ANTI-AGING FOR YOUR BRAIN
Researchers today tell us a decline in brain function is not necessarily an inevitable part of growing older. Researchers have identified five functions that appear to be the first to decline with aging: • attention • working memory (amount of information you can work with without losing track) • Understanding complex text • making inferences/drawing…
Read MoreTHREE TYPES OF ALLERGIES & EASY RELIEF!
Up to 25 percent of the population in the industrialized world suffers from allergies, and the number is rising. Allergies are reactions of the immune system to substances that, in most people, cause no symptoms. Allergies occur due to an immune response that reacts towards natural substances in the environment the same way it would…
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