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.

The evolution of Step One Foods
Step One Foods started in my kitchen. Hours and hours - and hours - of evaluating ingredients, blending, experimenting, tasting, and feedback from friends and family. And then, repeat. Looking back, in some ways, that was the easy part. Moving...
Mar 16, 2019
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Mar 16, 2019
The evolution of Step One Foods
Step One Foods started in my kitchen. Hours and hours - and hours - of evaluating ingredients, blending, experimenting, tasting, and feedback...
Feb 2, 2019
One cardiologist's mission to reduce statin use for chole...
This story was originally published on CNN.com on Monday, January 14, 2019. High cholesterol? Here's a pill. High blood...
Jan 10, 2019
The Step One mission
This week, Step One’s mission to help reduce patients’ dependence on medications was featured on CNN.com in their Health section. It provided...
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...
Nov 1, 2018
Dr. Klodas discusses how to lower bad cholesterol with fo...
Aug 18, 2018
Are You Getting Enough Potassium?
Updated July 2026 Most of the sodium conversation is about cutting back. Potassium is the opposite: it's the mineral that works against...
Jun 9, 2018
Do Supplements Actually Work?
Updated July 2026 Vitamins and minerals have long been used to treat genuine nutrient deficiencies. But over the last few decades, supplements...
Apr 21, 2018
“Why didn’t somebody think of this before? It’s so obvious!”
That was the comment we heard from a customer who stopped by our production facility to pick up his order. He was...
Oct 14, 2017
Our guarantee to you
If you’re like me, you still remember television before the days of Food Network Channel and HGTV. Where the only place to...
Aug 12, 2017
The Step One Foods difference: Real results, not just mar...
If you’ve been following the blog for the past two weeks, then you’ve already read about what makes our products different and...
Aug 5, 2017
The Step One Foods difference: Part two
Editor's note: Step One Foods was founded by Cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas to create a healthy, convenient and delicious daily food product that...
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