Cardiovascular Health & Nutrition Education Resources -- 2008 Update

This morning, as part of preparing for tomorrow's stroke clinical pathway subcommittee meeting, I updated my inventory of patient/client and family education tools and resources on cardiovascular health. Here is Part 1 (original PEN and PEN-recommended resources) of the inventory. I'm going to continue working on it over the next day-and-a-half.

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Dietitians of Canada's PEN resources (subscription required to access resources):

• Heart Healthy Eating: Cholesterol
• Heart Healthy Eating: Triglycerides
• Heart Healthy Eating: Recipes
• Heart Healthy Eating Sample Menu
• Low Sodium (Salt) Eating
• Low Sodium (Salt) Food Choices
• Low Sodium (Salt) Cooking
• Low Sodium (Salt) Eating Out
• Low Sodium (Salt) Eating Resources
• Reading Food Labels for Sodium (Salt)
• Increasing Your Potassium Intake
• Potassium Content of Selected Fruits
• Potassium Content of Selected Vegetables
• Increasing Your Fibre Intake
• Sources of Fibre
• High Fibre Recipes

Resources recommended by PEN (external sites; PEN subscription not required):

• 5-to-10-A-Day (encourages Canadians to eat more fruit and veggies)
• Omega-3 content of fish, shellfish, fish oils and nuts (table of values for professionals' use but may be helpful in answering clients' questions about which are "best" to eat)
• DASH Eating Plan
• Too much sodium in your diet can contribute to high blood pressure
• What is your blood pressure?