heart healthy basics
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Heart Healthy Basics. Caroline Bohl MS, RD, CDE. The Food Label. How big is a serving ???. Calories per serving. Total Fat AND Type of fat. Salt = Sodium. Dietary Fiber. Sodium. Salt = Sodium A food with greater than 300 mg/serving is considered a HIGH sodium food - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Heart Healthy BasicsHeart Healthy Basics
Caroline Bohl MS, RD, CDECaroline Bohl MS, RD, CDE
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The Food LabelThe Food Label
Calories per serving
How big is a serving ???
Salt = Sodium
Total Fat ANDType of fat
Dietary Fiber
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SodiumSodium
Salt = SodiumSalt = Sodium A food with greater than 300 A food with greater than 300
mg/serving is considered a HIGH mg/serving is considered a HIGH sodium foodsodium food
GOAL : 2400-3000 mg/dayGOAL : 2400-3000 mg/day
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FatFat
Look at TOTAL fat grams, BUT:Look at TOTAL fat grams, BUT:– More importantly, look at what TYPE of More importantly, look at what TYPE of
fat is in the itemfat is in the item
Saturated FatSaturated Fat Unsaturated FatUnsaturated Fat Trans FatTrans Fat
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Saturated FatsSaturated Fats
Mainly from ANIMAL productsMainly from ANIMAL products Raises “bad” cholesterol Raises “bad” cholesterol
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Trans FatsTrans Fats
Now on food labels (new in 2006)Now on food labels (new in 2006) Potentially as harmful as saturated Potentially as harmful as saturated
fatsfats
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Unsaturated FatsUnsaturated Fats
““Good” fatsGood” fats Will not raise “bad” cholesterol”Will not raise “bad” cholesterol” May raise “good” cholesterolMay raise “good” cholesterol
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Dietary FiberDietary Fiber
May lower cholesterol and blood May lower cholesterol and blood sugarsugar
Keeps you “fuller, longer”Keeps you “fuller, longer”
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Metabolic SyndromeMetabolic Syndrome Abdominal obesity Abdominal obesity Blood fat disorders — high triglycerides, low Blood fat disorders — high triglycerides, low
HDL cholesterol and high LDL cholesterol HDL cholesterol and high LDL cholesterol Elevated blood pressure Elevated blood pressure Insulin resistance or glucose intolerance (the Insulin resistance or glucose intolerance (the
body can’t properly use insulin or blood sugar) body can’t properly use insulin or blood sugar) Prothrombotic state (e.g., high fibrinogen or Prothrombotic state (e.g., high fibrinogen or
plasminogen activator inhibitor–1 in the blood) plasminogen activator inhibitor–1 in the blood) Proinflammatory state (e.g., elevated C-Proinflammatory state (e.g., elevated C-
reactive protein in the blood) reactive protein in the blood)