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This email is a reminder that the ISL Brown Bag Lecture with Dr. Andrea Lobene on "<i>Salty Solutions: Exploring Alternative Dietary Strategies to Mitigate Sodium’s Cardiovascular Impact</i>" will begin shortly. </div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 23, 2026 1:59 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Affiliates ISL <isl@lists.fsu.edu>; ISL-community <isl-community@lists.fsu.edu>; ISL-participants <isl-participants@lists.fsu.edu>; Nehja Guillaume via Isl-jab <isl-jab@lists.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Zhe He <Zhe.He@cci.fsu.edu>; Andrea Lobene <al23ce@fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Institute for Successful Longevity Brown Bag Series Lecture Featuring Dr. Andrea Lobene</font>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">This email serves as a reminder that the next ISL Brown Bag of the semester is this
<b>Wednesday, February 25<sup>th</sup>, 2026. </b>Dr. Lobene's lecture, "</span><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(36,36,36)"><i>Salty Solutions: Exploring Alternative Dietary Strategies to Mitigate Sodium’s Cardiovascular
Impact</i></span><span style="font-family:Aptos,Aptos_EmbeddedFont,Aptos_MSFontService,Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(0,0,0)">", will be held entirely online. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>Abstract</b>: High sodium diets are a key modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, most adults exceeds current sodium intake recommendations. The link
between sodium and blood pressure is well-documented, but beyond blood pressure, excess dietary sodium is shown to impair vascular health. Reducing sodium intake to align with current recommendations can mitigate these effects, but unfortunately, reducing
sodium intake is challenging and often unsuccessful at the individual level. Exploring alternative dietary strategies to instead offset the deleterious effects of sodium is necessary. This talk will briefly review the evidence linking sodium intake and cardiovascular
health, especially highlighting its effect on endothelial function. We will then discuss previous evidence from Dr. Lobene and others that potassium may be an effective dietary countermeasure for excess sodium intake. Dr. Lobene’s ongoing work expands upon
this foundational knowledge, using controlled feeding studies to establish proof-of-concept for the interactive effects of sodium and potassium on cardiovascular health, then translating these findings into real-world interventions. The future directions and
long-term goals of this work are to develop practical, effective, evidence-based dietary strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease burden.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>Bio</b>: Dr. Andrea Lobene is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Food Sciences. Prior to joining FSU in 2024, Dr. Lobene completed her postdoctoral
training at the University of Delaware in the area of applied cardiovascular physiology. She received her PhD in Nutrition Science from Purdue University, and she is also a registered dietitian. Dr. Lobene’s research is focused on how various dietary factors,
especially sodium and potassium, affect cardiovascular health across the lifespan. Her aim is to develop and implement effective dietary interventions to improve early cardiovascular disease risk factors. She also hopes her work can contribute to improving
current dietary guidelines and policies to improve cardiovascular health at the population level.</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 16, 2026 11:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Affiliates ISL <isl@lists.fsu.edu>; ISL-community <isl-community@lists.fsu.edu>; ISL-participants <isl-participants@lists.fsu.edu>; Nehja Guillaume via Isl-jab <isl-jab@lists.fsu.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Zhe He <Zhe.He@cci.fsu.edu>; Andrea Lobene <al23ce@fsu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Institute for Successful Longevity Brown Bag Series Lecture Featuring Dr. Andrea Lobene</font>
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<span class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>Title:</b> <i>Salty Solutions: Exploring Alternative Dietary Strategies to Mitigate Sodium’s Cardiovascular Impact</i></span></p>
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<span class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>Abstract</b>: High sodium diets are a key modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, most adults exceeds current sodium intake
recommendations. The link between sodium and blood pressure is well-documented, but beyond blood pressure, excess dietary sodium is shown to impair vascular health. Reducing sodium intake to align with current recommendations can mitigate these effects, but
unfortunately, reducing sodium intake is challenging and often unsuccessful at the individual level. Exploring alternative dietary strategies to instead offset the deleterious effects of sodium is necessary. This talk will briefly review the evidence linking
sodium intake and cardiovascular health, especially highlighting its effect on endothelial function. We will then discuss previous evidence from Dr. Lobene and others that potassium may be an effective dietary countermeasure for excess sodium intake. Dr. Lobene’s
ongoing work expands upon this foundational knowledge, using controlled feeding studies to establish proof-of-concept for the interactive effects of sodium and potassium on cardiovascular health, then translating these findings into real-world interventions.
The future directions and long-term goals of this work are to develop practical, effective, evidence-based dietary strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease burden.</span></p>
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<span class="x_x_elementToProof" style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif; font-size:12pt; color:rgb(36,36,36)"><b>Bio</b>: Dr. Andrea Lobene is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Food Sciences. Prior to joining FSU in 2024, Dr. Lobene
completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Delaware in the area of applied cardiovascular physiology. She received her PhD in Nutrition Science from Purdue University, and she is also a registered dietitian. Dr. Lobene’s research is focused on
how various dietary factors, especially sodium and potassium, affect cardiovascular health across the lifespan. Her aim is to develop and implement effective dietary interventions to improve early cardiovascular disease risk factors. She also hopes her work
can contribute to improving current dietary guidelines and policies to improve cardiovascular health at the population level.</span></p>
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