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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 Truth About Soy and Its Harmful Effects!
(NaturalNews) With vegetarianism gaining increasing popularity from the 1970's, reaching its peak in the 1990's, soy has emerged as a 'near perfect' food, with supporters claiming it can provide an ideal source of protein, lower cholesterol, protect against cancer and heart disease, reduce menopausal symptoms, and prevent osteoporosis - among many other things. It seems…
Read MoreDangerous Food Ingredients
Do you know which dangerous food ingredients to watch out for in your groceries? These can directly promote heart disease, migraines, obesity, outrageous food cravings, osteoporosis, diabetes and even birth defects. The top three most dangerous ingredients: • Sodium nitrite -- causes cancer, found in processed meats like hot dogs, bacon, sausage. Used to make…
Read MoreWhat is Yeast and Why Should I Care?
You are probably thinking this is a nobrainer. But we are not talking about the yeast used to make bread and other baked goods. We are talking about yeast in your body that can cause a host of problems starting with a yeast infection. Yeast is a single-celled living organism capable of causing infection or…
Read MoreSome Breast Cancers Linked to Alcohol Consumption
Even a drink or two a day of alcohol may raise the risk of the most common type of breast tumors-those fueled by the hormones estrogen and progesterone, according to one of the largest studies if its kind. A second study shows that specific variations within two genes involved in metabolizing alcohol are associated with…
Read MoreNatural Treatments for Arthritis
Arthritis is a disease that causes pain and loss of movement of the joints. The word arthritis literally means joint inflammation (arth=joint, ritis=inflammation), and refers to more than 100 different diseases. Since arthritis comes in so many different forms and no two people are alike, what works for one person or one kind of arthritis…
Read MoreA Closer Look at RDA REQUIREMENTS
The National Academy of Sciences proposed in 1941 that a guideline of minimum recommended daily dietary allowances be established for the express purpose of reducing the occurrence of diseases of malnutrition. These diseases of malnutrition include scurvy (caused by deficient levels of vitamin C), pellagra (caused by deficient levels of niacin), and beri- beri (caused…
Read MoreCHOLESTEROL HYPE
by Mila McManus MD How's your cholesterol level? Do you obsess about it? Do you keep a spreadsheet? You know who you are. Did you know: • 50% of people who have a heart attack have normal cholesterol • Merck and Schering-Plough, makers of Zocor, Zetia, and Vytroin, recently revealed their ENHANCE study showed NO…
Read More: How to Make Change That Lasts: The new thinking on resolutions and the science that guarantees this year, you’ll stick with every last one
Step 1: Precontemplation You're here if: You have the nagging feeling that you really do need to, say, start exercising and eating better. But delay rules. Where should you start? How to Move to Step 2: • Tune in to your excuses. When a friend invites you to a yoga class, how do you respond?…
Read MoreHealthy Eating Tips & Recipes for the Holidays
Happy holidays! "Tis the season to celebrate and celebrate we do." "Eat, drink and be merry!" Does this sound familiar? Unfortunately for those of us on a whole-food, no-sugar eating plan, holiday eating can be frustrating. Here are some tips to help you stay on target during the season: Eat before the party. Going to…
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