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Annmarie Skin Care was founded by healthy lifestyle bloggers Annmarie and Kevin Gianni in 2009. Our goal since then (and will always be) is to provide you with the best natural, wildcrafted and organic skin care, all natural makeup, and natural and organic essential oils. Each product is handcrafted using our proprietary Honest. Wild. Beautiful. process—where we…

Every time I get to this time of the year, three things happen.  I look back and reflect on the past year. I look forward and anticipate and plan for the new year.  And finally, I express gratitude.  That’s what I want to do today. Looking Back: This past October, The Woodlands Institute for 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…

 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…

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…

[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…

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.…

  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…

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…