Hi, this is Oakdale, MN Chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana, I found this great article in the Doctor’s Resource Center on our website.  The article looks at the connection between vitamin D deficiency and the increase in physical limitations with age.

Older people with higher vitamin D levels are better able to perform activities of daily living than those with lower levels, reports a study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

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Why Am I Out of Shape?
Baby boomers were the first generation to grow up exercising, but they are ending up being in worse shape than the previous generation. Research found that boomers are more likely to be obese, more likely to…

Brothers Develop New Device to Halt Allergy Attacks
Twin brothers Eric and Evan Edwards grew up with serious food allergies and were under doctor’s orders to carry their medicine everywhere they went. The device they carried to inject the medicine, known as an…

Study finds berries clear amyloid brain tangles to help fight Alzheimer’s dementia
We keep hearing about the positive health benefits gained from flavonoids found in berries. Nutrition experts and a wealth of scientific reports show that berry consumption lowers levels of dangerous inflammation within the trillions of cells throughout our body and can lower the risk of …

Drink Ingredient Gets a Look
We hear so many stories about how unhealthy children and teens are, but here is a story of a young girl who cares about what she eats and drinks. She is a 15 year old from Mississippi who started a…

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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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