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.
Diet and lifestyle beat heart procedures - again
Every cardiologist in America had an eye on Philadelphia last weekend, and it wasn’t for the Eagles-Patriots game. The results of a major $100-million study on the effectiveness of stents and bypass surgery were announced at the annual conference of the American...
Nov 23, 2019
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Nov 23, 2019
Diet and lifestyle beat heart procedures - again
Every cardiologist in America had an eye on Philadelphia last weekend, and it wasn’t for the Eagles-Patriots game. The results of a major...
Nov 15, 2019
Should you worry about your child’s cholesterol?
A 2019 study found that statins can markedly help a specific population of children. I highlighted those keywords because this “specific population”...
Oct 19, 2019
Clinical Trials and Tribulations
After I thought I had solved it all, coming up with an easy way to eat better while lowering cholesterol, I couldn’t...
Aug 31, 2019
Do we really need another medical sub-specialty?
In the most recent issue of the American Journal of Medicine, a commentary calls for establishing a new sub-specialty in medicine: Cardiometabolic...
Aug 24, 2019
Another huge study confirms that vitamins don’t help
If you’re like most Americans, you probably pop a vitamin or two a day. But a new review of 277 clinical trials shows...
Aug 16, 2019
Another fad diet disproven. This time it’s Paleo.
Why fad diets aren’t worth it Yet another study confirms again that fad diets -- in this case, the Paleo or “cave...
Aug 10, 2019
Heart valve function hinges on healthy cholesterol and bl...
If I opened and closed the front door of my house 60 times a minute, it would probably fly off its hinges...
Aug 3, 2019
What You Need to Know About Coronary Calcium Scans
Sometimes, deciding whether someone should be on statins (medications like Lipitor® and Crestor®) is very clear. If a patient has documented heart...
Jul 13, 2019
You might not need statins after all
Been told you need a statin and questioning whether this is the right step for you? You’re not alone: According to a...
Jul 6, 2019
How are heart disease and brain health related?
As a cardiologist, understandably, I’m focused on diseases of the heart. After all, that’s what I’ve been trained to do. So I...
Jun 1, 2019
Inflammation: The cardiovascular risk factor you might be...
A published study looked at over 3000 patients with known heart disease, and stratified their outcomes according to their high sensitivity C-reactive...
May 25, 2019
Step One Foods Reviews: The best home blood pressure monitor
High blood pressure affects 1 out of 3 adults in the United States. And one of the cornerstones of management is checking...
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