Molly Morgan, our registered dietician, is the author of To Your Healthy Life.Style. Here you'll find past month's articles containing helpful advice and information on healthy eating, dairy foods, and Crowley products.

Simple Ways To Keep Your Heart Healthy

There is new research that proves a connection between calcium intake and lower blood pressure. The science shows that calcium may make the body eliminate more sodium and, therefore, reduces blood pressure. Dairy foods are a great source of calcium, and also rich in potassium. One cup of milk provides about 366 mg of potassium, and potassium plays a role in reducing blood pressure too. Let Crowley show you ways to help your heart during American Heart Health Month!

Reducing saturated fat intake has been proven to reduce blood cholesterol levels, specifically in reducing ‘lousy’ cholesterol levels (otherwise known as LDL). The recipes and tips below provide ways to help your heart by moving to lower fat dairy foods.

Train Your Taste Buds

If you think that it sounds impossible to make the heart healthy switch to Crowley Fat Free Milk, here is a way to ease your taste buds through the change:

• Week 1: Drink Crowley 2% Reduced Fat Milk
• Week 2: In a pitcher, mix half Crowley 1% Lowfat Milk and half Crowley 2% Reduced Fat Milk
• Week 3: Drink only Crowley 1% Lowfat Milk
• Week 4: In a pitcher, mix half Crowley 1% Lowfat Milk and half Crowley Fat Free Milk
• Week 5 & beyond: Drink only Crowley Fat Free Milk

By making the change from Crowley 2% Reduced Fat Milk to Crowley Fat Free Milk, check out how much you will be helping your heart:

• Daily savings: 15 grams of fat*
• Weekly savings: 105 grams of fat
• Yearly savings: 5,460 grams of fat

*Based on three (3) cups of Crowley Milk per day.

Lighten Up & Keep It Creamy

Are you a coffee lover? Lighten up your coffee with a fat-free creamer that is out of this world – Crowley Fat Free Half & Half! Crowley Fat Free Half & Half has such an incredible creamy texture and flavor; you won’t even miss the fat.

By the way, with just this one change you will be taking a step towards a healthier heart:

• Daily savings: 6 grams of fat*
• Weekly savings: 42 grams of fat
• Yearly savings: 2,184 grams of fat

*Based on two (2) cups of coffee per day with two (2) tablespoons Crowley Half & Half in each cup.

You’ll find a tasty Tomato Soup recipe using Crowley Fat Free Half & Half in our Recipes section.

Crowley & Blood Pressure

Nearly 65 millions Americans have high blood pressure. If you are one of them, I have good news! Kicking up your dairy intake aids in lowering blood pressure. A research study showed that of 5,880 university graduate students, over 27 months, there was a 50 percent reduction in the occurrence of high blood pressure among those with the highest consumption of lowfat dairy products compared to those who consumed the least lowfat dairy. The reason that dairy helps to reduce blood pressure is that it may make the body eliminate more sodium. Get started today, and kick up your dairy intake.

Recommended Resources

• For ways to Kick Up Your Calcium, go to our To Your Healthy Life.Style. archive.
• For more information on keeping your heart healthy go to our To Your Healthy Life.Style. archive.
• American Heart Association

RESOURCES:

• Alvaro Alonso, Juan José Beunza, Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez, J Alfredo Martínez, and Miguel Angel Martínez-González. Low-fat dairy consumption and reduced risk of hypertension: the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) cohort. Am. J. Clinical Nutrition, Nov 2005; 82: 972 - 979.
• American Heart Association.
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, DASH Diet Eating Plan.
• Institute of Medicine, Dietary Reference Intakes for Water, Potassium, Sodium, Chloride, and Sulfate. National Academy Press. Washington, DC. 2004.

The information provided on our Web site is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, or cure an illness. Before starting a diet or exercise program, Crowley recommends you talk with your health care provider for consultation on what is right for you and your health.

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