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I'm Terry Graydon.

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We've all heard the recommendations to eat less and exercise more, but how do we implement

that advice?

Changing behavior is hard.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Graydon.

Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions.

The CDC estimates that nearly 30 million people have this metabolic disorder, almost three times as many, have pre-diabetes, which puts them at high risk for developing diabetes. If current trends continue, the CDC estimates that one in three Americans will have type 2 diabetes by the year 2050. What can we do to reverse these scary statistics? Are there effective ways to change

people's behavior? Coming up on the people's pharmacy, find out how to prevent diabetes

by changing your life. First, the news.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines,

a low-salt diet may be more dangerous than most health professionals realize.

For years, the American Heart Association has urged people

to limit sodium intake to less than 1,500 milligrams daily. But a new study,

with more than 130,000 individuals from 49 countries, suggests that such a low-salt diet

may actually raise the risk for heart attacks, strokes, heart failure, and death. The investigators

did not rely on people's memories of what

they ate, but actually measured the amount of sodium in the urine. The participants were followed

for more than four years. The scientists found that people who consume between three and six

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