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.
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 on your health and reap long-term health benefits. That’s why our twice a day program was created- to...
Apr 14, 2021
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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 on the Noom App
Updated July 2026 Noom greets you with a big promise: "life-changing results." It's become one of the most recognized names in digital...
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...
Sep 12, 2020
What exactly is a heart-healthy diet?
When patients ask me what a heart-healthy diet is, I often repeat my favorite eight words of dietary advice from Michael Pollan:...
Aug 26, 2020
Can your favorite indulgences be healthy?
When it comes to healthy eating the answer has always been, is now, and always will be Eat food. Not too much....
Jun 27, 2020
Should you eat tofu?
If you’re a faithful reader of this blog, you’ve heard me say one thing loud and clear: Eat real food, not too...
Jun 13, 2020
Eggs, carbs and wine. Why do we get conflicting advice f...
Eat carbs. Whatever you do, don’t eat carbs! Protein, protein, protein. But not if it comes from eggs! Cholesterol in food is...
May 16, 2020
Packaged, not processed: Step One Foods is in a category ...
Processed foods have a well-deserved bad rap. So when people see that our foods come in packages, they sometimes assume Step One...
May 2, 2020
Here’s how to keep your grocery cart full of heart-health...
Before COVID-19, I had never shopped for regular groceries online – I only used the internet to order the occasional specialty item...
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