21 Feb Kenny Vigil & Ryan Sanchez

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Kenny Vigil is the Program Director for the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program offered through the New Mexico Department of Health. Ryan Sanchez is a Health Educator with the program. They invite our listeners who have been diagnosed with High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) to join the YMCA Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program for FREE (SAVE $75) through February 28^th. We talk about the importance of nutrition and exercise. Almost 80 million adults have high blood pressure in the United States. Less than 50% of these individuals have their blood pressure under control. To register for the program email bloodpressureymca@gmail.com or call Lynn Umbreit at (505) 595-1515. Ryan Sanchez can be reached by email at Ryan.Sanchez@state.nm.us. Kenny is available by email at KennyC.Vigil@state.nm.us.

Our Nourished Nutrition Counselor, Jennifer Bryant, called into the show to share about her experience teaching nutrition in the program. She also emailed us the following links to a couple of “heart-healthy” New Mexican Food recipes.

https://nourishednutritioncounseling.com/sweet-and-spicy-fish-tacos/                             https://nourishednutritioncounseling.com/black-bean-and-green-chile-salsa/

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