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.
Could Step One Foods help you live longer?
People in one of the poorest parts of Costa Rica regularly achieve centenarian status. Meanwhile, Americans barely make it past 77 years of age on average. If you’re a regular reader of this blog you know I repeatedly call...
Sep 2, 2023
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Sep 2, 2023
Could Step One Foods help you live longer?
People in one of the poorest parts of Costa Rica regularly achieve centenarian status. Meanwhile, Americans barely make it past 77 years...
Aug 31, 2023
Jennifer's Step One Success Story
Most people who try Step One Foods are usually on a mission to lower their cholesterol, but for Jennifer this wasn’t the...
Aug 19, 2023
Why Step One Foods' oatmeal costs more than Quaker Oats
I’m the first to admit that our products are not the least expensive foods you can buy. Unfortunately, that probably won’t change...
Aug 12, 2023
What Is Bempedoic Acid, and Is It as Good as the Hype?
Updated July 2026 Bempedoic acid, sold as the non-generic Nexletol, is often presented to doctors as the better alternative to statins. It's...
Aug 5, 2023
Does the Mayo Clinic Diet Work?
Updated July 2026 Disclaimer: I did my internal medicine residency and a cardiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, and I love my alma...
Jul 29, 2023
Sugar and Sweeteners: What You Need to Know
Updated July 2026 A World Health Organization committee has flagged aspartame — the sweetener in diet soda, gum, and many yogurts —...
Jul 27, 2023
Catherine's Step One Success Story
For most of her life, Catherine has struggled with high cholesterol and more recently, her blood pressure had increased to the point...
Jul 22, 2023
What's Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and Why Should You Care?
Updated July 2026 If you've had your cholesterol checked, you know your LDL number. But there's another number, apolipoprotein B, that many...
Jul 15, 2023
Does it count as a vegetable if it “bleeds”?
I’ve weighed in on the faux burger debate before, here and here, but new research has rekindled the debate. Plus, it’s almost...
Jul 8, 2023
How to find nutrition news you can trust
I miss the days when we all stepped out the front door each morning to bring in a freshly folded newspaper ready...
Jul 1, 2023
Everything You Need to Know About Plant Sterols and Chole...
Updated July 2026 If you're focused on lowering your cholesterol without relying solely on medications, there's a good chance you've come across...
Jun 29, 2023
Craig's Step One Success Story
For more than 5 years, Craig battled with high cholesterol. “I tried changing my diet and exercising, but none of that seemed...
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