Heart Health & Cholesterol Resources
Articles from Dr. Elizabeth Klodas and the Step One Foods team — covering diet & nutrition, heart health, statins, and the science of food as medicine.
Can You Outrun Your Diet?
If you’ve been following Coca-Cola recently, you know the company is touting exercise as a way to balance the calories associated with consuming their products. In fact, Coke has joined forces with a group of influential scientists to spread the...
Aug 29, 2015
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Aug 29, 2015
Can You Outrun Your Diet?
If you’ve been following Coca-Cola recently, you know the company is touting exercise as a way to balance the calories associated with...
Aug 1, 2015
Just Give Me a Pill and Pass the Cheeseburger
One of the things I always discuss with my patients is the importance of staying true to better eating habits when taking...
Jul 25, 2015
Do foods high in fiber cause constipation?
Fiber has many beneficial effects, from keeping the digestive pipes in good working order, to helping us feel fuller longer, to lowering...
Jul 18, 2015
Which is Worse for You, Fast-Food or Full-Service Restaur...
We all know that avoiding fast-food is a good idea, since these meals tend to be high in calories and low in...
Jun 19, 2015
A Fat is a Fat is a Fat...Right?
This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that, over the next three years, trans fats must be removed from...
May 22, 2015
For a Healthy Heart, Carbs are Friends Not Foes
Diets low in carbohydrates and high in protein and fat have long been touted as effective for weight loss. And many people...
May 1, 2015
How KIND are your bars? A Cardiologist’s Perspective
The FDA recently took action against KIND, asking them to remove the word “healthy” from both their packages and their website. False...
Apr 3, 2015
Only High Fiber Foods Can Lower Cholesterol
We all know that high levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol in our blood is a bad thing. But did you know that our...
Mar 27, 2015
Whole Grains and a Long Healthy Life
At Step One Foods we aren’t surprised when we see studies that reinforce what we all know: good foods lead to a...
Feb 20, 2015
Nutrition Panels Often Mislead
Let’s start with a pop quiz. Which is better for you: A or B? Note the similarities. Both are: • very low...
Jan 16, 2015
Blueberries: Is there anything you can’t do?
A new study(i) finds, yet again, that foods can have remarkable effects on our health. Turns out that eating a cup of...
Jan 8, 2015
A Physician’s Take on Exercise vs. Healthy Eating
When my patients ask me what’s the better New Year’s resolution, exercise or diet, the obvious answer is both. But most of...
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