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 to eat for better skin
When I ask my patients what goal they have for their health, most say they want to feel - and look -better. People who feel better naturally look better – but are there foods you should be consuming to directly...
Aug 10, 2018
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Aug 10, 2018
What to eat for better skin
When I ask my patients what goal they have for their health, most say they want to feel - and look -better....
Aug 4, 2018
Feed your head
Back in February, I authored a blog highlighting the impact of food on mood. So it was with a certain sense of...
Jul 14, 2018
What doctors don't learn in medical school
Recently, I presented a talk titled “What they don’t teach cardiologists in medical school.” Here's a video recording of that talk: As it...
Jul 6, 2018
Should You Take a Daily Aspirin?
Updated July 2026 It's one of the most common questions I hear, and the honest answer has changed in recent years. Aspirin...
Jun 16, 2018
How Do You Slow Brain Aging With Food?
Updated July 2026 Here's a genuinely encouraging fact: you may be able to slow your brain's aging by as much as 2.5...
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...
Jun 2, 2018
Can You Trust the Ingredient List on a Food Label?
Updated July 2026 Two packaged foods can carry nearly identical Nutrition Facts panels — same calories, same fat, same sodium, even similar...
May 18, 2018
Food vs drugs
When it comes to treating - or preventing - heart disease, we rely primarily on medications to get the job done. Because...
May 5, 2018
The problem with numbers
"Know your numbers." That’s the advice we get from patient advocacy groups like the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, and...
Apr 27, 2018
This problem is bigger than I thought...
One of the more surprising developments of the past 2 weeks has been the sheer number of people who have come by...
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...
Apr 13, 2018
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