Supplements make promises. This food ran a double-blind trial with Mayo Clinic.
Neither the participants nor the researchers knew who was eating the real food and who wasn't. That design exists for one reason: it removes wishful thinking from the results. No placebo effect, no cherry-picking, no marketing math — just the number the blood test says.
Drug-grade study design
The trial wasn't run by “a leading lab.” It was conducted with Mayo Clinic and the University of Manitoba — institutions with reputations to protect and no reason to flatter a snack company. When we say tested, this is what we mean.
Mayo Clinic + U. of Manitoba
*Average LDL reduction over 30 days in a double-blind randomized clinical trial with Mayo Clinic and the University of Manitoba. Individual results vary.
Participants ate two servings a day for 30 days. LDL cholesterol dropped an average of 8.8%, and 80% of participants lowered their cholesterol. From food. If a number like that sounds modest, ask your doctor what a meaningful 30-day change looks like — then remember this one came from breakfast.
80% of participants improved
Fiber, plant sterols, omega-3s, antioxidants — the four ingredient groups shown effective across 500+ publications. The catch: they only work at real doses, and you can't reliably hit those doses from groceries alone. Each Step One serving packs them in exact, clinically meaningful amounts. Precision is the product.
500+ publications
No pills to remember, no powders to choke down, nothing to bolt onto your day. The trial protocol was a swap: two snacks you already eat become two servings of Step One Foods. Oatmeal, bars, smoothies, sprinkles. That simplicity isn't a marketing angle — it's literally what was tested.
2 servings a day
“Those snacks just happen to be formulated in a way that is so precise in terms of the nutrients that are delivered and in what quantities they are delivered to affect cholesterol profiles.”
Elizabeth Klodas, MD, FACC
Cardiologist · Founder, Step One Foods
The trial protocol was two servings a day. Repeat it yourself, then retest with your doctor — there's a money-back guarantee if your experience disagrees.
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“After years of my total cholesterol hoovering in the low 200s and LDL sneaking upwards, my latest bloodwork shows total cholesterol is down to 171 and LDL 83 after just 6 weeks on One Step foods. Happy!”
Run your own 30-day trial — this is the food from the study.
I was skeptical that Step One Foods would actually work since I have tried other products that claimed to reduce LDLs. All I can say is WOW! After only 30 days my LDLs (bad cholesterol) are down 61 points! And my HDLs (good Cholesterol) are up! Thank you Dr Klodas!
I started eating the Step One a few months ago. My total cholesterol was 213 and when I had bloodwork done about 3 months later, my total cholesterol had decreased to 171! I was skeptical about trying this product at first until I saw real results from it! I highly recommend it!
I have tried many products to reduce my Cholesterol. It still climbed year after year... I almost thought I would be taking the dreaded pill. My good cholesterol was good so they felt I was ok. I started on Dec 3, 2021 at 238, in about 3 weeks after starting Step one I have reached 191 on Jan 5, 2022.