Show 1018: How to Have Healthier Habits in the New Year (Archive)

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2016

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Habits-things you do on a regular basis without even thinking about them-can have a huge impact on our health. But it isn’t easy to drop old habits that aren’t serving us well, like eating a pint of ice cream every night. Nor is it always easy to adopt healthier habits that could be more helpful, like […]

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Joe Graydon.
0:02.5	I'm Terry Graydon.
0:04.0	Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy, where we bring you the stories behind the health headlines.
0:10.3	This podcast is brought to you by Redux Industries, makers of utterly smooth body cream.
0:16.1	800-345-7339 on the web at utter cream.com.
0:31.2	Have you ever made a New Year's resolution only to have it fade by February?
0:36.8	Today we'll find out how to change our habits.
0:40.3	This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.
0:48.3	Getting rid of old habits that interfere with our health and happiness can be tough.
0:55.0	Just ask anyone who's ever tried to quit smoking.
0:58.1	Adopting new habits like walking every day can also be challenging.
1:02.1	But there are practical ways to help us change our habits for the better.
1:05.8	Today we talk with author Gretchen Rubin.
1:08.2	Her book is Better Than Before, What I Learned About Making and Breaking
1:12.3	Habits, To Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life.
1:18.3	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, Gretchen Rubin shares her secrets on how you can become better than before.
1:25.2	First, the News.
1:30.0	In the People's pharmacy health headlines, pancreatic cancer is rare, but it's a killer.
1:36.3	Only about 8% of those diagnosed with this disease are still alive after five years.
1:41.6	So news that people who took aspirin reduced their chance of developing
1:46.4	pancreatic cancer is encouraging. The research was conducted in Shanghai, China, and compared
1:52.2	761 newly diagnosed pancreatic cancer patients to 794 cancer-free control subjects. They were interviewed about their health and habits, including smoking and aspirin use.
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