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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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KNOW THE FACTS ABOUT MAMMOGRAMS

(information below obtained from Dr. Mercola) In the latest study, researchers analyzed data from over 40,000 Norwegian women with breast cancer and found that those who had mammograms and were treated by special breast cancer medical teams had a 10 percent lower breast cancer death rate than women who had neither. However, they also found…
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Erectile Dysfunction

Erectile dysfunction (ED), defined as the inability to achieve or maintain an erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance, affects up to one third of men at some point in their lives. The prevalence of ED in men younger than 59 years old is 12 %, and in men ages 60-69 it's 22%, and in men…
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Water-the good, the bad, and the ugly

The next time someone offers you a bottle of water, take a stand and say something clever like, "No thank you, I don't believe in it." This simple move will open up a conversation about the massive swindle that is bottled water ,and possibly persuade one more person to give it up entirely. Even beyond…
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Why Grass Fed Beef?

Grass-Fed Beef In A Nutshell The health problems associated with diets high in Omega-6 and low in Omega-3 are cancer, heart disease, depression, obesity, insulin resistance, allergies, autoimmune diseases such as lupus and arthritis, diabetes, attention deficit syndrome, and the list goes on. These diseases are not associated with bacterial infections. They are all body…
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Multivitamins Support Weight Management

The relationship between dietary multivitamin and multi-mineral intake and the risk of becoming overweight or obese was evaluated in a new study. In the United States, approximately 68 percent of adults are overweight or obese, and over 33 percent qualify as obese. Overweight and obesity are categorized based on body mass index (BMI), which is…
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Sugar More Addictive than Cocaine?

According to a new research study, refined sugar is far more addictive than cocaine -- one of the most addictive and harmful substances currently known. An astonishing 94 percent of rats who were allowed to choose mutually-exclusively between sugar water and cocaine, chose sugar. Even rats who were addicted to cocaine quickly switched their preference…
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Genetically Modified (GM) Foods

From Dr. Mercola's Newsletter For an in-depth education on the many dangers of GM foods, I highly recommend reading Jeffrey Smith's books, Seeds of Deception and Genetic Roulette. Smith documents at least 65 serious health risks from GM products of all kinds, including: • Offspring of rats fed GM soy show a five-fold increase in…
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Green Tea and Inflammation

A recently published study evaluated the potential benefits of supplementation of EGCG, a constituent of green tea, on inflammation associated with an atherogenic (artery-plaque-promoting) diet. Elevated levels of inflammatory markers, such as cardiac C- reactive protein (cCRP), are strongly associated with increased risk of heart attack, predicting recurrent coronary events, sudden cardiac death and peripheral…
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Coconut Flour

At last, a natural and delicious alternative to wheat and grain that's packed with dietary fiber and is a good source of protein too!! If you are serious about living healthier, then you will want to consider coconut as a regular part of your diet. Fortunately when it comes to coconut, there are endless ways…
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