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 I tell my patients: High blood pressure (Part 1)
High blood pressure is extremely common. According to the Centers for Disease Control nearly half of adults in the United States have hypertension. What's worse is that only about 1 in 4 adults with hypertension have their condition under control....
Apr 30, 2021
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Apr 30, 2021
What I tell my patients: High blood pressure (Part 1)
High blood pressure is extremely common. According to the Centers for Disease Control nearly half of adults in the United States have...
Apr 16, 2021
Why Are Ultra-Processed Foods So Bad for Us?
Updated July 2026 For years, the case against ultra-processed food rested on an association: people who ate more of it got sicker....
Apr 14, 2021
How to Track Your Progress
At Step One Foods we know it’s the small sustained changes that really count – and that may have a dramatic impact...
Apr 10, 2021
What I tell my patients: What if you’re not a food respo...
As you might imagine, as a cardiologist who prides herself on addressing heart disease risk factors through modifying lifestyle before resorting to...
Apr 3, 2021
A Cardiologist's Perspective on the Noom App
Updated July 2026 Noom greets you with a big promise: "life-changing results." It's become one of the most recognized names in digital...
Mar 31, 2021
Cindy's Step One Story
When Cindy saw an ad for Step One Foods on Facebook, she was skeptical -- until she clicked over to the ingredient...
Mar 27, 2021
Another Step One success, this time very close to home
My husband has struggled with weight probably his entire life. And I’ve been witness to that struggle for nearly 35 years. It’s...
Mar 13, 2021
What I tell my patients: How I explain heart disease
Coronary arteries are the small (slightly bigger than cooked spaghetti noodles) blood vessels which provide the heart muscle with its own blood...
Mar 6, 2021
The Step One Foods Guide to Diets is Here!
You’ve heard me say it over and over -- Diets don’t work! Which is why I decided it was time to share...
Mar 2, 2021
Mindy's Step One Story: A long search for results!
Mindy has a genetic history of high cholesterol and even though she was already on statins and Zetia, she was still facing...
Feb 27, 2021
The agony and the ecstasy
“If someone had told me in medical school that one day I would start a food company I would have laughed in...
Feb 20, 2021
Step One survey shows doctors don’t talk about diet
The results are in from our first-ever survey about the healthcare you receive, and, not surprisingly, it shows you are just as...
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