Hi, this is Oakdale, MN Chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana.  Here’s a great little article from the Doctor’s Resource Center of our website.  The article looks at how eating more fat can actually help with weight loss.

Instead of counting calories, you may just want to swap out carb-heavy foods for ones full of healthy fats.  A new study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, has found that a diet that’s low in carbs and higher in fat is much better for weight loss…

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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 high lights another benefit of probiotics, this time related to the easing of infantile colic.

Colicky babies (and their parents) might find a reprieve from the tears by giving a probiotic called Lactobacillus reuteri a try, according to a study in the Journal of Pediatrics.

For the very best probiotic supplement use Amasai.  You can find Amasai here

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Hi this is Oakdale MN chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana and I found this great article morning.  The article talks about the dangerous, carcinogenic chemicals that our children are being exposed to on a daily basis through the use of bath products and shampoos.

A whopping 61 percent of children’s bath products tested, including shampoos, contained both 1,4-dioxane and formaldehyde—two highly dangerous, carcinogenic toxins.

Children’s shampoo and other bath products are touted as safe and gentle, but they’re often filled with contaminants and toxins, according to laboratory tests commissioned by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics and the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Together, they had popular children’s bath products tested for contaminants by an independent laboratory.

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As a parent this is a topic that is very important to me.  I have done extensive research to ensure that I am limiting this exposure in my children.  I have found the Environmental Working Group database to be a valuable tool in researching the safety of personal care products.  You can access the database here www.ewg.org/skindeep

I have also found great resource for safe personal care products for the entire family.  The products are certified toxic free and certified organic so that you can be sure that they contain no ingredients that will harm you or your children.   Click here to view products.

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