Stephanie Ronco 7/31/15 Stephanie Ronco 7/31/15

New Quiz for Peach Month!

Did you know that July and August are both considered National Peach Month? It’s true! So don’t stop celebrating! Instead, share this fantastic peach quiz with your clients...

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.