Hi, This is Oakdale, MN Chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana, I just came across this article in the Doctor’s Resource Center on our website.  I felt this was important to share in light of  the recent news on fish oil and prostate cancer.

Recent headlines have raised alarm that omega-3 fats—specifically from fish oil supplements—may increase prostate cancer risk, yet a closer look at the research clearly shows the results are inconclusive.

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Hi, this is Oakdale, MN Chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana.  I found this great article on the Doctor’s Resource Center section of our website.  The article talks about a probiotic that is not found in most probiotic supplements that helps people suffering from IBS.

In a new study, the probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii improved quality of life for people with IBS.  Unlike the most commonly used probiotics, Lactobacillus and Bifidobacter species, S. boulardii is a yeast, not a bacterium.

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Hi, this is Oakdale, MN Chiropractor, Dr. Ben Smetana.  I just found this article on the Dr’s Resource Center of our website.  The article talks about how probiotic containing yogurts can help trim belly fat.

Researchers have been finding links between specific friendly intestinal bacteria (probiotics) and metabolism, weight management, and fat distribution. Now a study published in the British Journal of Nutrition showed that being consistent with eating a probiotic-fortified yogurt may be more important to its effectiveness at reducing belly and body fat…

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Hi this is Oakdale MN chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana and I found this great article in our Doctor’s Resource Center on our website.  The article talks about the benefits of adding more fat to your diet.

Eating more olive oil could lower the risk of dying from heart disease and other causes, according to a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

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Hi, this is Oakdale MN Chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana.  I found this article on the Doctor’s Resource page of our website.  With the increasing incidence of type II diabetes, it is extremely important to do everything possible to reduce and reverse the collateral damage that this disease causes.  This article covers a natural method to reduce neuropathy symptoms that are common in diabetics.

The American Journal of Medicine, researchers found that, for people with type 2 diabetes and neuropathy, taking a supplemental form of folate, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6, improved symptom scores by about 25% after 24 weeks of treatment.

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