Stephanie Ronco 11/8/15 Stephanie Ronco 11/8/15

Potassium and the Dietary Guidelines

What is potassium? Why is it a nutrient of concern? How can people increase their potassium intake? What impact does potassium have on health? Get the answers to all these questions -- and more! -- in today's post!

Stephanie Ronco 10/23/15 Stephanie Ronco 10/23/15

Salt Substitutes Chart

What do you know about salt substitutes? My team and I have exhaustively researched 10 different varieties of salt and salt substitutes, and we've compiled the highlights of what we found into a handy-dandy chart.

Stephanie Ronco 10/23/15 Stephanie Ronco 10/23/15

Expanded Salt Substitute Chart

Want to see even more information about 15 different salts and salt substitutes? Check out this brand-new chart!

Stephanie Ronco 10/16/15 Stephanie Ronco 10/16/15

5 Top Tips to Reduce Sodium Intake

There are lots of ways to cut down on sodium. Here are a few tried-and-tested approaches to reducing the salt in your diet...

Stephanie Ronco 9/11/15 Stephanie Ronco 9/11/15

Fruits and Veggies More Matters Month: Beyond Fresh Produce

It’s time to look beyond fresh produce for Fruits and Veggies More Matters Month. Today that means an exploration of ways to incorporate certain canned and frozen fruits and vegetables into a balanced eating plan.

Stephanie Ronco 6/9/15 Stephanie Ronco 6/9/15

Tuna: What Do You Know About It?

Remember when you could buy tuna canned in water or oil and these were the only options? Now the choices seem endless. Can or pouch? Light, albacore, or yellowfin? Lemon Dill or Spicy Thai Chili? Add in nutrition concerns like sodium and omega-3 fatty acids, and buying a simple can of tuna can be overwhelming! To cut through all the craziness, let’s take a closer look at tuna…

Stephanie Ronco 1/9/15 Stephanie Ronco 1/9/15

Be Good to Your Heart for Heart Month: Display Ideas

Displays are a great way to communicate health messages, and they add brightness to a space at the same time. Here are some ideas for Heart Month displays ? with interactive activities to boot!

Stephanie Ronco 10/9/14 Stephanie Ronco 10/9/14

Might Reducing Salt Intake Promote ?Cardiovascular Disease?

The experience from England seriously undermines Dr. Oparil's editorial claim that the PURE study results ?... call into question the feasibility and usefulness of dietary sodium as a population-based strategy for reducing blood pressure.? This makes me wonder why none of the science writers and journalists who were so quick to parrot Dr. Oparil's opinions ever thought to ask why she believed the questionable data and opinions from the PURE researchers were not largely refuted by the real-life public health efforts ongoing in England.

Stephanie Ronco 9/9/14 Stephanie Ronco 9/9/14

Do New Studies Refute the Benefits of Reducing Salt?

The claims being made by the authors of the two PURE articles are troubling because the preponderance of credible scientific data continues to show that elevated BP is the single greatest CVD risk factor in most populations. Data from controlled clinical trials show that dietary salt in excess of 1,500 mg/day is the #1 dietary cause of elevated BP.