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.
Live fast. Die fast. It doesn’t always work out that way…
As a cardiologist, I often hear a distinctly male viewpoint about heart disease that goes something like this: “I don’t care much about my heart health, Doc. I think a heart attack is a great way to die. I mean,...
Jun 11, 2022
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Jun 11, 2022
Live fast. Die fast. It doesn’t always work out that way…
As a cardiologist, I often hear a distinctly male viewpoint about heart disease that goes something like this: “I don’t care much...
Jun 3, 2022
How To Improve Heart Health and Prostate Health Through Diet
As a cardiologist, I developed Step One Foods to help my patients eat better to lower their cholesterol and improve heart health....
May 28, 2022
VIDEO: Women and heart disease
Heart disease is the number 1 killer of women, but it doesn't have to be this way. Heart disease is preventable. Heart disease...
May 21, 2022
Women get heart attacks too
News flash: A heart attack does not always look or feel like the classic Hollywood portrayal. The patient may not clutch his...
May 13, 2022
Will hormone replacement therapy hurt your heart?
Women under 60 who use hormone replacement therapy during menopause tend to live longer than those who don’t, according to robust research...
May 7, 2022
Heart disease is a woman’s disease
If you had to guess, which kills more women: breast cancer or heart disease? The answer is heart disease…by a landslide....
Apr 19, 2022
VIDEO: Reality Check
Did you know that the average Medicare recipient is currently consuming an average of 1620 prescribed pills a year? Those pills are...
Apr 16, 2022
What if insurance covered Step One Foods?
Paid your health insurance bill recently? In the last 10 years, premiums for employer-sponsored insurance plans have risen 47%, according to a...
Apr 9, 2022
Forget Tax Returns, Let’s Give Out Health Returns
It's tax season and next week we all come up against the Federal Income Tax return deadline. Every April we are starkly...
Apr 2, 2022
Heart disease kills. It also costs billions of dollars.
Heart disease kills more Americans than any other health condition. In fact, heart disease and stroke account for ONE THIRD of all...
Feb 26, 2022
Sex and Heart Disease - The Woman’s Perspective
My first blog about this topic generated a lot of comments. Readers felt that my writing was mostly focused on men and...
Feb 18, 2022
Hold the butter…pass the olive oil!
Fat gets a bad rap, but it is essential for our bodies to function properly. However, some fats are friendlier to our...
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