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.
What if your doctor has never heard of Step One Foods?
Too often, routine checkup visits for older adults result in premature or unwanted prescriptions for statins. Of course, medications do have a place in health care. Many people should be on statins, sometimes even when their cholesterol is perfect. But...
Jan 28, 2023
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Jan 28, 2023
What if your doctor has never heard of Step One Foods?
Too often, routine checkup visits for older adults result in premature or unwanted prescriptions for statins. Of course, medications do have a...
Nov 18, 2022
What Causes High LDL Cholesterol?
Updated July 2026 The title might make you expect a list of the usual suspects, like saturated fat or too little exercise....
Sep 30, 2022
You’ve nailed step one. So…what’s step two?
The Start of Step One Foods Have you ever wondered why the company I founded is called “Step One Foods”? The name...
May 21, 2022
Women Get Heart Attacks Too
Updated July 2026 A heart attack does not always look or feel like the classic Hollywood version. The patient may not clutch...
May 7, 2022
Heart Disease Is a Woman's Disease
Updated July 2026 If you had to guess, which kills more women: breast cancer or heart disease? The answer is heart disease,...
Apr 23, 2022
VIDEO: The true cost of heart disease
By 2035, we'll spend close to $1.1 trillion treating heart disease, but almost all of these dollars will go toward reactive care, like medications...
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...
Mar 12, 2022
Are You a Cholesterol Absorber or a Cholesterol Producer?
Updated July 2026 Your LDL cholesterol is set by different biochemical pathways — and which one dominates in you determines whether a...
Mar 5, 2022
Prescribed a Statin but Not Taking It? Here's What to Do
Updated July 2026 Statins can be life-saving for the right person, but a striking number of people who are prescribed one never...
Mar 1, 2022
Statins: How They Work, Who Needs One, and the Side Effects
Updated July 2026 Statins are the most widely prescribed cholesterol lowering medications in the world, and also some of the most feared...
Feb 15, 2022
Bill's Step One success story
Like many people, during the pandemic, Bill gained weight and during his annual visit with his doctor last April, two medications were...
Aug 19, 2021
If Everything Is So Good for Us, Why Are We All So Sick?
Updated July 2026 Walk into any grocery store and you're surrounded by products shouting health claims: reduced sodium, helps lower cholesterol, only...
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