[Isl] Institute for Successful Longevity Brown Bag Series Lecture Featuring Dr. Andrea Lobene

[Institute for Successful Longevity]

Good morning,



We would like to announce that we will be having our second Brown Bag Lecture Series talk of the semester with Dr. Andrea Lobene on February 25th at 12 PM. The lecture will be held entirely online. The link to register is below the information of the lecture.



Title: Salty Solutions: Exploring Alternative Dietary Strategies to Mitigate Sodium’s Cardiovascular Impact



Abstract: 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.


Bio: 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.



To RSVP for this online (Zoom) Brown Bag Lecture, use the following link:

https://fsu.zoom.us/meeting/register/qtfHaSZ7Sz29_4ZHUcbI3A<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffsu.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FqtfHaSZ7Sz29_4ZHUcbI3A&data=05%7C02%7Cisl%40lists.fsu.edu%7Ceac420a5834443266db408de6d78931f%7Ca36450ebdb0642a78d1b026719f701e3%7C0%7C0%7C639068561781174900%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=k1njnfoicAitHTsTTc560ySkJpyh7AcOjlnMvgnw9Zw%3D&reserved=0>


Best regards,
The ISL Team
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