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.
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. A cardiologist explains the mechanism, and why fiber only works when eaten with food.
Apr 3, 2015
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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...
Dec 5, 2014
Got Beef?
When we think of dinner, we usually include a piece of beef or chicken. That’s because we value meat as a great...
Nov 23, 2014
Dr. Klodas Shares Her Tips for Surviving Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday, but many people struggle to balance healthful eating habits with frequently unhealthy food traditions. So how do...
Nov 7, 2014
Can You Reverse Heart Disease With Diet?
Updated July 2026 Few questions carry more hope, or more hype, than whether heart disease can be reversed by changing how you...
Nov 1, 2014
Can a Plant-Based Diet Slow Prostate Cancer?
Updated July 2026 We know that eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, nuts and seeds, and whole, unprocessed grains can help lower...
Oct 24, 2014
Better Foods, Better Health
We have just returned from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine conference held in San Diego. We shared our Step One Foods products...
Oct 10, 2014
How do Phytosterols Work?
Phytosterols are plant compounds that lower cholesterol by blocking its absorption in the intestine, including recycled bile cholesterol. A cardiologist explains how...
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