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.
Grocery shop like a cardiologist
If you've been reading our blog for some time, you've seen what Dr. Klodas eats in a day. Now, you have the chance to see how a cardiologist approaches grocery shopping. Watch what Dr. Klodas considers as she fills up...
Nov 18, 2023
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Nov 18, 2023
Grocery shop like a cardiologist
If you've been reading our blog for some time, you've seen what Dr. Klodas eats in a day. Now, you have the...
Nov 10, 2023
Which eggs should I buy?
Free-range. Cage-free. Organic. Pasture-raised. Vegetarian-fed. No added antibiotics. The list of labels slapped on egg cartons is endless. And endlessly confusing! Of...
Oct 7, 2023
What Does an "Organic" Label Actually Mean?
Updated July 2026 You'd think that question would have a simple answer. It doesn't. "Organic" is regulated by the USDA (not the...
Aug 31, 2023
Jennifer's Step One Success Story
Most people who try Step One Foods are usually on a mission to lower their cholesterol, but for Jennifer this wasn’t the...
Jul 1, 2023
Everything You Need to Know About Plant Sterols and Chole...
Updated July 2026 If you're focused on lowering your cholesterol without relying solely on medications, there's a good chance you've come across...
Mar 10, 2023
The Link Between Celiac and Heart Disease
Most people know that celiac disease is a disorder affecting the digestive system. What most people don’t know is that people with...
Mar 4, 2023
How Erythritol May Negatively Affect Your Heart Health
Updated July 2026 Yet another study has shown that when we get cute with our food, unintended consequences are possible. What studies...
Aug 20, 2022
Video: What a cardiologist eats in a day
Eating a healthy, nutritious diet doesn’t have to be hard. You also don’t have to carve out hours of your day to...
Aug 12, 2022
What Can the Blue Zones Teach Us About Eating for a Long ...
Updated July 2026 The Blue Zones are the handful of places around the world where people routinely live to 100 in good...
Aug 6, 2022
Don't diet. Nourish.
As readers of this blog are well aware, I’m not a fan of diets. But this month, instead of listing all...
Jul 30, 2022
A Step One Side Benefit: Inflammation prevention
As you know, I created Step One Foods with a pretty single-minded focus: helping my patients prevent heart disease. It turns out...
Jul 9, 2022
A Step One Side Benefit: Weight Management
About 75 million Americans are dieting at any one time. Considering the fact that diets don’t work, that’s not so surprising. If...
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