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 Medications Alone Don’t Deliver Health
This week’s blog highlights a new chart from the American Heart Association that breaks down how well we are controlling the various risk factors for cardiovascular disease. The chart organizes risk factors into three categories: behavioral, environmental/occupational, and metabolic, and...
Oct 19, 2024
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Oct 19, 2024
Why Medications Alone Don’t Deliver Health
This week’s blog highlights a new chart from the American Heart Association that breaks down how well we are controlling the various...
Oct 12, 2024
The way to a child’s heart (health)? Through their stomach.
I’m an adult cardiologist, meaning I was trained to treat adults. But as I walk through an airport terminal or department store,...
Oct 10, 2024
Kay's Step One Success Story
Kay wasn’t easily convinced when she first came across Step One Foods. Like many, she’d heard countless promises from health products before—but...
Oct 5, 2024
Better than BMI? Meet the New Body Roundness Index (BRI)
For decades, doctors have relied on Body Mass Index (BMI) to determine whether someone is at a healthy weight. But now, researchers...
Sep 28, 2024
How Much Protein Do You Need to Prevent Age-Related Muscl...
Updated July 2026 To prevent outright deficiency, adults need about 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight a day, roughly...
Sep 21, 2024
New Study Links Spirituality to Healthier Blood Pressure ...
As a preventive cardiologist, one of the most common conditions I treat is hypertension. And no wonder - nearly half of U.S....
Sep 18, 2024
Janet's Step One Success Story
As someone who approaches new health products with a fair amount of skepticism, Janet wasn’t quick to try just anything that claimed...
Sep 7, 2024
New Product Alert: Peanut & Almond Nut Butter
The Peanut & Almond Nut Butter! is now available for purchase! This nut butter isn’t just a spread—it’s a nutrient-packed powerhouse, loaded...
Aug 31, 2024
What a Cardiologist Eats In a Day - Summer Edition
If you’ve followed my blog over the past two years, you’ve probably caught my 'What I Eat in a Day' vlog series....
Aug 24, 2024
Top Foods To Improve Cholesterol
If you’ve been following this blog, you already know that you can lower cholesterol levels naturally—without relying solely on medications. That’s the...
Aug 22, 2024
How often do I continue to use Step One Foods?
With Step One Foods, it only takes 30 days to start seeing results. This is the program our clinical trial participants followed....
Aug 20, 2024
Why You Shouldn't Ignore Cholesterol
Why you shouldn't ignore cholesterol Cholesterol is not a myth. It's actually one of the most extensively studied risk factors for heart...
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