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.
Step One's resolution for 2022: Joy
Every year I try to make a New Year’s resolution for myself and I invite you to come along with me. As I reflect upon the past year it seems fitting for me to focus on something we might have...
Jan 1, 2022
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Jan 1, 2022
Step One's resolution for 2022: Joy
Every year I try to make a New Year’s resolution for myself and I invite you to come along with me. As...
Dec 18, 2021
2021: The Year in YOUR Words
2021. What can I say to summarize this past year? I thought we were all ready to be done with the word...
Dec 4, 2021
It might be December but here’s why you should pretend it...
Think about what would happen if healthy habits didn’t apply during the holidays: Once Halloween rolled around, you might not get back...
Nov 6, 2021
Why Men Should Talk About Health More
Although men are at no less risk of heart disease than women, I see women in my cardiology practice much more often...
May 22, 2021
Of Sneakers and Savings
If you’re a patient of mine or a faithful reader of this blog, you know how passionate I am about improving your...
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....
Mar 14, 2020
New studies reveal other ways plant-based diets help hear...
Two studies about food and the microbiome caught my attention recently: The first one shed new light on the connection between trimethylamine...
Dec 28, 2019
Want to be younger by this time next year? Read this.
Of course we can’t change our birth dates, but we do have control over many aspects of the aging process. That’s the...
Nov 9, 2019
Want to Boost Your Gut Health? Try Prebiotics
In the world of nutrition research, the gut microbiome is a hot topic. Thousands of studies have analyzed the role of good...
Jan 28, 2017
Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.
With these seven words, Michael Pollan, author of “In Defense of Food”, encapsulated the best dietary advice you will ever receive. Deceptively simple. Amazingly...
Nov 19, 2016
It's Time to Put Prevention Back into Preventive Healthcare
This blog is a reprint of an OpEd from Dr. Klodas, appearing in the Minneapolis StarTribune in November 2016. The U.S. Preventive Services Task...
Mar 18, 2016
Why You Can’t Eat Just One
Remember the old potato chip commercial which bragged that you couldn’t eat just one? It turns out they were right. A new...
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