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.
Beyond cholesterol
When physicians work with patients to lower cholesterol, it’s not really the cholesterol that’s the main target. Rather, it’s the RISK of experiencing a heart event that we are trying to reduce. Lowering cholesterol is the means to that end,...
Jan 19, 2019
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Jan 19, 2019
Beyond cholesterol
When physicians work with patients to lower cholesterol, it’s not really the cholesterol that’s the main target. Rather, it’s the RISK of...
Jan 12, 2019
The Mediterranean Diet
Year after year, the Mediterranean diet gets named the best diet by the various organizations ranking these things - and it’s for good...
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...
Jan 5, 2019
Chicken and egg
Are you on so many medications because you feel so sick? Or do you feel so sick because you’re on so many...
Dec 29, 2018
This year's resolution? Fewer medications next year.
The word “resolution” has two different meanings: 1. A firm decision to do something, and 2. The action of solving a problem....
Dec 8, 2018
Heart disease wins. Again.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) released its health statistic brief this week and reported that heart disease remains the leading cause...
Dec 1, 2018
Why every Step One Food contains walnuts
If you’ve scoured the ingredient panel on any of our products, you’ve probably noticed that every single one lists walnuts. And you...
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 3, 2018
Food as medicine is finally here
Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. Hippocrates said this over 2000 years ago. Most people have heard this...
Nov 2, 2018
Dr. Klodas discusses how food can lower cholesterol and i...
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