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.
Lorna's Step One Story: An overall cholesterol drop of 36 in just 6 weeks
Meet Michigan resident Lorna. Lorna has battled with high-cholesterol since her early 40’s and now, in her 60’s, she has finally found something that works-- Step One Foods. Over the years, Lorna’s cholesterol has steadily increased and no matter how much...
Dec 30, 2017
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Dec 30, 2017
Lorna's Step One Story: An overall cholesterol drop of 36...
Meet Michigan resident Lorna. Lorna has battled with high-cholesterol since her early 40’s and now, in her 60’s, she has finally found something...
Dec 16, 2017
What happened to Weight Watchers, and what it teaches us ...
Updated July 2026 In 2025, Weight Watchers filed for bankruptcy. The company that taught America to count points had run out of...
Dec 14, 2017
Step One Featured in Chicago Tribune
Step One Foods and founder Dr. Elizabeth Klodas were featured in the Chicago Tribune story, “Doctors Turning to Healthy Food as Medicine”....
Dec 9, 2017
37 thousand billion billion reactions and why it matters
Did you know that EVERY SECOND, 37 thousand billion billion (that’s 37 with 21 zeros after it) chemical reactions take place inside...
Nov 11, 2017
Do Stents Actually Work?
Updated July 2026 Stents have been used to prop open blocked heart arteries for decades, and about a million are inserted in...
Oct 28, 2017
How Do You Cut Back on Salt Without Hating Your Food?
Updated July 2026 Reducing sodium sounds joyless. A life of bland, boring meals. It doesn't have to be. Most of the sodium...
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...
Sep 23, 2017
How a Zero Calorie Soda Can Give You Diabetes
Updated July 2026 It makes no sense at first. Doesn't sugar cause diabetes? And isn't diet soda sugar-free? It is — and...
Sep 9, 2017
What Is TMAO, and Why Do You Want Less of It?
Updated July 2026 Here's one of the clearest examples of how your gut bacteria talk to your heart. When you eat certain...
Aug 26, 2017
How to Quit Smoking (and Why It's the Best Thing You Can ...
Updated July 2026 If you smoke, quitting is, without exaggeration, the single most powerful thing you can do for your heart, more...
Aug 19, 2017
How much should you exercise to promote longevity?
How a poor diet impacts overall wellness Experts agree that diet is the most critical factor affecting health. In fact, poor...
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...
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