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.
Which Fats Are Good and Bad for Your Heart?
Not all fat is created equal. A cardiologist explains the four types of dietary fat, why trans fats are the real danger, and why what you replace saturated fat with matters more than simply cutting it.
Jun 19, 2015
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Jun 19, 2015
Which Fats Are Good and Bad for Your Heart?
Not all fat is created equal. A cardiologist explains the four types of dietary fat, why trans fats are the real danger,...
Jun 12, 2015
PCSK9 Inhibitors: What You Need to Know
PCSK9 inhibitors lower LDL far more than statins can, and the class is changing fast, with prices down and an oral pill...
Jun 5, 2015
Have We Become Too Dependent on Medications?
Americans take more prescriptions than ever, many for conditions driven by what we eat. A cardiologist explains why controlling the numbers isn't...
May 22, 2015
For a Healthy Heart, Carbs are Friends Not Foes
Diets low in carbohydrates and high in protein and fat have long been touted as effective for weight loss. And many people...
May 8, 2015
What Are the Pillars of Healthy Longevity?
Editor's note: Step One Foods was founded by Cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas to create a healthy, convenient and delicious daily food product that...
May 1, 2015
How KIND Are Your Bars? A Cardiologist's Guide to Reading...
Updated July 2026 Back in 2015, the FDA sent KIND a warning letter telling the company to stop calling four of its...
Apr 3, 2015
How Does Fiber Lower Cholesterol?
Fiber lowers cholesterol by trapping bile acids in the gut, forcing the liver to pull LDL from the blood to make more....
Mar 27, 2015
Whole Grains and a Long Healthy Life
At Step One Foods we aren’t surprised when we see studies that reinforce what we all know: good foods lead to a...
Feb 27, 2015
Food and Fibrillation: How Your Diet Affects Your AFib Risk
Updated July 2026 Atrial fibrillation is the most common serious heart rhythm disorder, affecting millions of Americans, and its numbers are climbing...
Feb 13, 2015
Cholesterol Confusion: What You Really Need to Know About...
Just when you think you’ve got cholesterol figured out, a headline pops up claiming that cholesterol doesn’t matter anymore. No wonder we’re...
Jan 16, 2015
Blueberries: Is there anything you can’t do?
A new study(i) finds, yet again, that foods can have remarkable effects on our health. Turns out that eating a cup of...
Jan 8, 2015
A Physician’s Take on Exercise vs. Healthy Eating
When my patients ask me what’s the better New Year’s resolution, exercise or diet, the obvious answer is both. But most of...
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