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.

Coronavirus and all the silver linings
This week’s blog is a bit of a departure. Not focused on coronavirus facts but rather the raw emotion of it all. This is an emotional time, unlike anything we have ever experienced. Our lives have been turned upside down,...
Apr 11, 2020
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Apr 11, 2020
Coronavirus and all the silver linings
This week’s blog is a bit of a departure. Not focused on coronavirus facts but rather the raw emotion of it all. ...
Apr 4, 2020
Putting COVID-19 in perspective
It’s impossible to get away from the statistics. Check any news outlet and you’ll find a running total of how many people...
Mar 28, 2020
Using Food to Boost Immunity - for Coronavirus and Beyond
Editor's note: Step One Foods was founded by Cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas to create a healthy, convenient and delicious daily food product that...
Mar 21, 2020
Five things every senior should do right now to protect t...
We know you have more questions about COVID-19 and we will attempt to answer them as quickly as possible. To leave a...
Mar 16, 2020
An update on the COVID-19 coronavirus and an urgent call ...
The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States may still be relatively low but that number continues to increase day by...
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...
Mar 12, 2020
My advice about the COVID-19 coronavirus
Like me, I’m sure you’re concerned about the pandemic related to COVID-19. As the virus has spread across the globe, it has...
Mar 7, 2020
Yet another reason to eat smart for your heart
If you’re a regular reader of these blogs, you know that I typically focus on topics that are relevant on an individual...
Feb 22, 2020
What you need to know about inflammation
Sometimes the desire to simplify things can lead to confusion and misinformation. It would make my job as a cardiologist much easier...
Feb 15, 2020
What you need to know about cholesterol
Cholesterol remains one of the most confusing areas of both nutrition and heart health. So I’ll break it all down for you...
Feb 1, 2020
Wearing red for American Heart Month? Read this first.
The American Heart Association (AHA) was founded in 1924. Why? Because heart disease was the number one killer of Americans back then...
Dec 7, 2019
What you need to know if you take biotin (Vitamin B7)
Maybe you’ve flipped through a magazine and seen ads claiming that taking extra biotin -- also known as vitamin B7 -- will...
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