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.
Customer Favorites: Your Heart Healthy Recipes with Step One Foods
Step One Foods was created to provide convenient, healthy food options for people who want to lower their cholesterol naturally. Our foods are all packaged and ready to go where you go, but if you have a little more time...
May 13, 2021
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May 13, 2021
Customer Favorites: Your Heart Healthy Recipes with Step ...
Step One Foods was created to provide convenient, healthy food options for people who want to lower their cholesterol naturally. Our foods...
May 8, 2021
Mark Bittman condemns ultra-processed food in new book
About “Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal” by Mark Bittman The first time I heard of Mark...
Apr 24, 2021
Should you try collagen supplements?
If you’re not up on the latest beauty trends, you may be surprised to learn what’s hot these days: collagen supplements that...
Apr 16, 2021
Why ultra-processed foods are so bad for us
Food companies are manipulating us, promoting ultra-processed foods that we can’t resist. (By ultra-processed foods, I mean not only traditional junk food...
Apr 14, 2021
How to Track Your Progress
At Step One Foods we know it’s the small sustained changes that really count – and that may have a dramatic impact...
Apr 10, 2021
What I tell my patients: What if you’re not a food respo...
As you might imagine, as a cardiologist who prides herself on addressing heart disease risk factors through modifying lifestyle before resorting to...
Apr 3, 2021
A cardiologist's perspective of the Noom app
When you first land on Noom’s website you’re greeted by a pretty big promise: “Life changing results.” No wonder the Noom diet...
Mar 27, 2021
Another Step One success, this time very close to home
My husband has struggled with weight probably his entire life. And I’ve been witness to that struggle for nearly 35 years. It’s...
Mar 6, 2021
The Step One Foods Guide to Diets is Here!
You’ve heard me say it over and over -- Diets don’t work! Which is why I decided it was time to share...
Jan 16, 2021
USDA ignores advice to lower added sugar and alcohol reco...
Together with everyone at Step One Foods, this summer I applauded when a panel of scientists recommended that USDA dietary guidelines call...
Jan 2, 2021
This New Year’s Resolution? A big do-over plus one small...
As I look back on my resolutions for this past year, I have to laugh. I was going to be younger! I...
Dec 5, 2020
Worried about colds, COVID-19 and the flu? Make diet your...
By now, you know the mantra for how to avoid getting sick this winter: Wash your hands and wear a mask. I’ll...
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