 The Road to Wellness Starts HereThank you for your involving us in the evaluation and care of your cardiovascular health. We are dedicated to providing tools for improved wellness and educating our patients on heart-healthy nutrition. Wellness Tools - Click here for Upcoming Wellness Events
Pedometers
In order to encourage people to make healthy lifestyle changes and give that couch or recliner a break, Fort Wayne Cardiology sells quality America On the Move® pedometers at both our main office and at our southwest office at cost ($12.00) to our patients and the community at large. Pedometers are worn on your waistband, typically in line with your knee or on the hip. Based on your body’s movements, your pedometer will count your steps. Pedometers are great tools for motivation, serving as a constant reminder of how active (or inactive) you have been. Pedometers should be worn all day to track your activity. Determine a baseline by wearing your pedometer for a few days to figure out how many steps you take each day on average. After you know your baseline, your goal should be to move more to steadily increase the daily steps by 2000, which is about 1 mile. While many people believe only vigorous activity can improve your cardiovascular health, people who increase their daily steps typically show improvements in weight, body fat, cholesterol levels and overall fitness levels. America on the Move Fort Wayne Cardiology is a strong supporter of the FREE national initiative called America on the Move that can be easily incorporated into businesses, organizations, neighborhoods, non-profits, government bodies, faith-based, and senior groups in any community. Individuals can also participate! The program is a simple call to action: move more and eat wisely. - Move a little more—by increasing total steps taken in a day.
Start with 2000 extra steps and gradually build up to an active lifestyle status - Eat a little less—by making wise, healthy food choices to eat 100 fewer calories each day.
Substitute a healthier food version—one that has less fat and calories
Select and eat smaller food portions
In addition, America On the Move in Fort Wayne has designed local exxercise guides to offer YOU free or reduced pricing on exercise locations. Click to view the Indoor Exercise Guide or the Outdoor Exercise Guide and get moving today! To access your America On the Move membership card, click here. Please visit www.americaonthemove.org to learn how to get started. America On the Move has a Fort Wayne Coordinator who develops and implements programs city-wide to promote these two simple steps. For more information about America on the Move in Fort Wayne, contact Marsha Worthington at (260) 481-4868 or
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. Cookbooks
Because nutrition can be a major determinant of cardiovascular health, we would like to provide you with cookbooks to get you on the right track. At our main office, we currently sell Quick and Healthy Volume II by Brenda J. Ponichtera ($12.00) and Parkview's Taste for Living compiled by Parkview and Fort Waynce Cardiology ($5.00) to patients and the community at large.
Lobby Educational Information
In our lobby, you’ll always find a selection of pamphlets that relate information with practical implications, such as how to accomplish healthy lifestyle changes. Nutrition Information- Click here for the Recipe of the Month: Tailgate Turkey Ring
Nutrition affects many factors associated with cardiovascular disease, including (but not limited to) body weight, cholesterol and triglyceride levels, blood pressure, and blood sugar levels. At Fort Wayne Cardiology, we acknowledge that improving your diet can be an important component in the prevention or progression of heart disease. One of the most important offerings is our in-house Nutrition Department, where our Registered Dietitian consults one-on-one with patients and their families on the benefits – and often the necessity – of adopting low fat, low cholesterol, and low sodium diets, as well as other healthy regimens. If you would like to schedule an appointment with the dietitian, you can call (260) 481-4858. Appointments are generally available Monday through Thursdays during normal business hours. Do you have a nutrition question you would like to have answered?
You can email our Fort Wayne Cardiology Dietitian at
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and get your nutrition answers electronically. General Nutrition Recommendations for Heart Healthy Eating: - Achieve and maintain your ideal body weight by limiting foods high in calories and low in nutrient density (sugars, soft drinks, candy).
- Eat at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Choose a variety of colors of these foods to reap different antioxidant and nutrient benefits.
- Choose a variety of legumes, nuts, soy products, low fat or fat free dairy products, and whole grain breads, cereals, pastas and rice.
- Choose oils, margarines and food products high in monounsaturated fats and omega-3 fatty acids, low in saturated fats and trans fat free, such as canola oil, soybean and soybean oil, flaxseed, and walnuts
- Eat baked, broiled or grilled fish as least twice per week, especially fish high in omega-3 fatty acids (salmon, mackerel, herring, lake trout, sardines or albacore tuna).
- Limit or avoid foods high in saturated and trans fats, such as red meat, high fat dairy products, and bakery items.
- If you consume alcohol, limit to 2 drinks per day for a man or 1 drink per day for a woman.
- Limit your sodium consumption. Consume less than 3,000mg sodium per day (1 tsp salt ~2,100 mg sodium)
Be physically active by enjoying at least 30 minutes of activity on most (or all) days of the week. Click here to view our recent publication, Matters of the Heart.
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