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By Dyvette Warren, PA-C Edited by Mila McManus MD Beginning in the womb, and throughout your life, your personal health and happiness, mental capabilities, and propensity for disease are heavily influenced by genetic as well as non-genetic factors, including DNA mutations, nutrition, exposure to microorganisms and toxins, stress, and other environmental conditions. If you suffer…

Active B Complex™ provides a full-complement of essential B-complex vitamins in a high potency formula. Activated, coenzyme forms provide optimum B complex vitamin support for individuals who may have difficulty metabolizing standard supplemental forms of B vitamins, particularly those with the MTHFR gene mutation/variant. Inclusion of L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate (L-5-MTHF), a bioactive form of folate, ensures more…

By Nancy Mehlert, MS Now more than ever, there are a multitude of sizes and shapes and colors and in many cases, what we think is a kind of pumpkin, is really another relative in the winter squash family. We decorate and carve them but sometimes forget to appreciate the amazing dishes they make too!…

By Nancy Mehlert, MS In collaboration with Mila McManus MD In this article, you are going to learn a lot of medical lingo. This is a very important topic and we’re confident you’ll get through it! The human body has a highly complex, multi-faceted system to defend it from outside threats or harm. We refer…

By Nancy Mehlert, MS In Collaboration with Mila McManus MD Researchers estimate that up to 15 million Americans have food allergies. Food allergies affect 1 in every 13 children (under 18 years of age) in the U.S. That’s roughly two in every classroom. According to a study released in 2013 by the Centers for Disease…

[expand title="......I am able to eat again!"] After seven years of visiting countless doctors with my food allergies, I came to The Woodlands Institute. When I started here I was already reacting to almost every type of food, thus only eating rice and a few vegetables. Curing the root of the problem was Dr. McManus's…

by Transformation Enzymes Adhering to a gluten free diet can be challenging when gluten is used as a food additive and even as a filler in some medications. It may be present in the least expected places, especially when eating outside the home. And since gluten sensitive individuals can become very uncomfortable or ill if…

By Nancy Mehlert, MS Stop eating long enough to truly experience hunger. Think about it, feel it and listen to it so that you know what real hunger feels like. Begin trying to ask yourself if you are truly hungry before you eat. Sometimes thirst is mistaken for hunger. Remove unhealthy foods from your home…

By Nancy Mehlert, MS   Emotional eating is not an easy topic. Like other aspects of our lives that can become a slippery slope to abuse, such as drugs, alcohol, and credit card debt, emotional eating can be a problem we don’t want to face, much less talk about. Though very socially acceptable, like other…