Hi this is Oakdale, MN Chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana.  Here’s a great article I pulled from the Doctor’s Resource Center on our website.  The article looks at the impact of a healthy diet on longevity.

A new study has found a relationship between the Mediterranean diet and longer telomeres in healthy, middle-aged women. Telomeres are repetitive DNA sequences at the end of chromosomes that protect against the loss of genomic DNA; shorter telomeres have been associated with lower life expectancy and certain chronic diseases.

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Wouldn’t it make more sense to use the food you eat and the way you live to detoxify your body on a daily basis?  Is going off of all foods for 3 days really a magic bullet?  Here are some simple tips that will keep your body detoxified naturally and you feeling and looking your best.  Give a listen.

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Hi this is Oakdale, MN Chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana.  I just found this great article on the Doctor’s Resource Center of our website.  The article links the benefits of dietary fat on Vitamin absorption.  The sunshine vitamin just found a new friend—dietary fat. A new study from Tufts University researchers has found that taking vitamin D supplements along with a meal containing fat boosts the absorption of vitamin D significantly.

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There is an epidemic going on now. It is affecting half of all adults and one third of all children. Something rapidly changed in the 80s and the 90s. The problem is our biology has not changed though the environment has. Do you know what a food desert is? How about a food swamp? Give a listen
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Hi this is your Oakdale MN Chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana. Here’s an interesting article on the topic of nutritional supplement safety. I always find it interesting when the news media picks up these stories on the safety of nutritional supplements and yet they never report on the safety of prescription medications; even though it is well documented that prescription medications, when properly prescribed and properly administered are responsible for over 100,000 deaths per year (JAMA 1998;279:1200). I suppose, you don’t want to bite the hand that feeds you. That being said, it is important to get your supplements from reputable sources. Read on…

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There is so much evidence that you need to stay away from these, yet most people keep ignoring the facts.  This has been featured on every major TV network, every magazine, and every newspaper yet you still see people buying these by the case.  The massive advertising campaigns won’t quit and our brains are being manipulated. Give a listen.

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So many are deceived into believing that olive oil and the Mediterranean Diet are health promoting.  The problem is which Mediterranean diet are they talking about?  What does the current research really say?  This is going to turn what you believe about olive oil upside down.  Give a listen!  We found this originally right on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=GfBKauKVi4M

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According to author Michael Pollan, the government keeps talking about obesity but their hidden agendas are perpetuating the epidemic. Give a listen!

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Hi this is your Oakdale, MN Chiropractor Dr. Ben Smetana.  I just found this great article in the Doctor’s Resource Center on our website.  The article discusses a new study that has found that vitamin D supplementation helps to alleviate winter-related atopic dermatitis (AD) in children.

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Everyone knows the soda obesity connection and the soda diabetes connection, but new research shows that drinking soda may be as bad as smoking.  The latest research shows that drinking soda actually ages your DNA.  Give a listen!

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