Healthy Heart Program Updates
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May is a month when we focus on hypertension and steps to lower blood pressure. Healthy Heart Beats this month sheds new light on this burgeoning problem and brings to you recipes to use and share with others that are low in salt and thus sodium. Research in the field of cardiovascular health this month highlights why nutrition is always an exciting field. New research provides for us as educators information we can share with clients . . . whether it is another story on fiber, vegetables, peanuts or low fat eating. We trust you will find the included detailed hypertension guidelines from the Joint National Committee on Prevention Detection and Treatment of Hypertension helpful. This is something to share with health professionals, including physicians. These new directives will change the management and treatment recommendations. Eating a lot more fruit and vegetables and following a diet with less salt, as is noted by the DASH diet, has great promise. I find that physicians are not always attuned to these recommendations, so please use the fact sheets Extension has as noted in this newsletter and access the DASH materials and web site addresses we have provided to assist you. Self Care for a Healthy Heart is a prevention program that has special meaning during this Hypertension and Stroke month. Contact CSU Extension's Resource Center on campus for a copy and refer to last month's Healthy Heart Beats for more detail.
As you make plans for summer, enjoy the festivities, food and fun associated with the outdoors. Gardening is good exercise. Walking or riding bikes along country lanes are all possible when we have the extra daylight in the early evening hours. Being active and staying fit are the cornerstones of treatment for hypertension. Enjoy eating the DASH way and use the recipes for low sodium alternatives for mayonnaise and ketchup when serving outdoor barbecues.
We hope to see many of you at this year's Lillian Fountain Smith Conference to be held at the Fort Collins Marriot hotel on June 10 and 11, 2004. The opening session will address many of the questions and issues around the low-carb craze, and that afternoon we'll have a session on the proposed new Food Guide Pyramid and the science behind the revisions currently underway. Immunity and the elderly will round out this year's conference on Friday.
Enjoy your summer, and we look forward to greeting you in Fort Collins soon!
Jennifer Anderson, Ph.D., R.D.
Food and Nutrition Extension Specialist
Shirley Perryman, M.S., R.D.
Extension Specialist
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Updated Tuesday, September 25, 2007.
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