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.
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 man” diet -- aren’t worth their weight in salt. (Don’t you love it when new scientific research confirms...
Aug 16, 2019
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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...
Feb 9, 2019
A new way to look at LDL
LDL (low density lipoprotein) is a particle that transports cholesterol around the body. It also plays a central role in the initiation...
Nov 24, 2018
Managing risk
Last week I wrote about what I saw as a giant deficiency in the new Cholesterol Guidelines. Namely, the absence of specific,...
Nov 17, 2018
Cholesterol guidelines and throw away lines
At this year’s American Heart Association conference, new guidelines for the management of cholesterol were unveiled in a giant hall packed with...
Nov 9, 2018
Step One Foods Clinical Trial Paper: American Heart Assoc...
Today Step One Foods is presenting its exciting clinical trial findings at American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Chicago - and I...
Nov 2, 2018
Dr. Klodas discusses how food can lower cholesterol and i...
Mar 30, 2018
Are eggs OK - or not?
If you’re like me, you grew up fearful of eggs. Full of cholesterol. And saturated fat. A direct, powerful cause of heart...
Jan 20, 2018
Lipoprotein A: What is it and why you should be tested f...
Not all cholesterol risk is explained by LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. It turns out there’s another factor that impacts the significance of...
Jan 13, 2018
The impact of antioxidant foods on your health
You can think of your cells as having little engines. Burning the fuel we put in to run. And just like car...
Nov 4, 2017
Soy doesn’t help lower your cholesterol, according to the...
In early 2000, the FDA authorized a health claim regarding the benefits of eating soy for heart health (assuming you had an...
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