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Prediabetes advice to take with a grain of salt
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Prediabetes advice to take with a grain of salt

Cheryl Strachan
November 14, 2018

Well, not literally a grain of salt. You know, sodium and all. (#joke #cornyIknow) Today is World Diabetes Day, so I was planning to share a few simple words about prediabetes, which comes up often in my practice. An estimated  22% of Canadians have it . Yikes! Then I saw one too many diabetes articles…

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