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I'm Terry Graydon.

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What is it about a hug that's so reassuring?

We often take the sense of touch for granted, but it's essential for our well-being.

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

The sense of touch allows for the pleasure of a caress, whether we're stroking a pet or cuddling an infant.

It allows for the bonding between parents and children, as well as between sexual partners.

We express our emotions as feelings.

That's because our sense of touch is profoundly intertwined with the neurological wiring that provides feedback on how we are interacting with the world around us.

Whether offering pain or pleasure, touch is central.

Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, the science of the sense of touch.

First, this news.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, noted nutrition experts are urging the departments

of agriculture and health and human services to forget about fat in the new dietary guidelines

for Americans.

The guidelines will be issued later this year,

following recommendations from an expert committee. Dr. Darius-Mozafarian of Tufts University

and Dr. David Ludwig of Boston Children's Hospital, write in JAMA that previous guidelines

telling Americans to limit fat contributed to the obesity epidemic.

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