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.
Why Can't You Eat Just One?
Updated July 2026 The old potato chip slogan bragged that you couldn't eat just one, and it turns out that wasn't marketing bravado. It was a design spec. Ultra-processed snacks are engineered, with real scientific effort, to override the signals...
Mar 18, 2016
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Mar 18, 2016
Why Can't You Eat Just One?
Updated July 2026 The old potato chip slogan bragged that you couldn't eat just one, and it turns out that wasn't marketing...
Mar 11, 2016
A Cardiologist Reviews the Most Popular Weight-Loss Programs
There are as many weight-loss programs as there are opinions about them. A preventive cardiologist walks through Atkins, Paleo, the popular fad...
Mar 4, 2016
When Is It OK to Try Food Instead of Statins to Lower Cho...
Whether you can try food before starting a statin depends on your personal risk. A cardiologist walks through who is a candidate...
Feb 26, 2016
The 9 Things You Can Do to Beat a Genetic Predisposition ...
Many people with a family history of heart issues assume that they are destined to face the same fate as their relatives....
Feb 19, 2016
The Reason You Can’t “Give Up Carbs"
We hear it from someone every day: “I’ve given up carbs.” Why? Probaby because they’re trying to lose weight or keep their...
Dec 18, 2015
Eat Without Guilt This Holiday Season
A perusal of the internet shows an avalanche of last minute advice to avoid a holiday eating disaster: healthful low fat recipes...
Dec 11, 2015
The Science Behind Step One Foods
Step One Foods are real foods engineered from whole-food ingredients to lower cholesterol and heart risk. Here is how they are designed,...
Nov 13, 2015
What Is the Gut Microbiome, and Why Does It Matter?
Updated July 2026 You are not just you. Inside your digestive tract lives a vast community of bacteria - both helpful and...
Oct 23, 2015
Is Wine Actually Good for Your Heart?
For decades we were told a daily glass of wine protects the heart. The latest evidence, including new genetic studies and cancer...
Oct 9, 2015
Are Calcium Supplements Worth It? What the Evidence Says ...
Updated July 2026 Osteoporosis is common and serious. Tens of millions of Americans are at risk, and about half of women over...
Sep 11, 2015
How Do You Add More Movement to Your Day?
Updated July 2026 Here's a sobering statistic: a lack of regular physical activity contributes to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths in...
Sep 5, 2015
Why Step One Foods?
Most of modern heart care treats the symptoms of disease, not the cause. A preventive cardiologist explains why she founded Step One...
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