Metabolic Syndrome

Syndrome X, Insulin Resistance, and Metabolic Syndrome. (same name for the same thing) AND its preventable in most people with healthy diet and lifestyle choices.

Metabolic Syndrome is an assortment of risk factors for developing diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease. Including any three of the following a) increased abdominal circumference (greater then 40 inches in men or greater then 35 inches in woman) b) Elevated Fasting Triglycerides (greater then 150 mg/dl) c) elevated Blood Pressure (greater then or equal to 130/85 mmHG or documented use of antihypertensive medications) d) Early signs of insulin resistance(fasting glucose >110 ng/dl), and e) low High density lipoproteins (HDL less then 40 mg/dl in men and less then 50 mg/dl in women).

What can you do? I know you have heard the same old blah, blah , blah about losing weight and exercising, so i will not repeat it. I am not saying its not true, but you know it already. Two dietary approaches that will prevent and treat metabolic syndrome are a low inflammatory diet and a low glycemic index diet.

Low inflammatory foods include fish, fruits, nuts, healthy oils, healthy fats, and vegetables. Low glycemic diet avoids processed snacks, sweets, sodas, and high-carbohydrate meals.

Here are some foods to let hit the road ...Bagels, donuts, chips, sweets, coca-cola (do you get the picture? )

Welcome in salmon, sardines, legumes, green vegetables, soy, flax, berries, bell peppers, almonds, and olive oil. And much more.

If you have metabolic syndrome supplements like Fish Oil, Red Rice Yeast, Hawthorne Berry, Cinnamon, and Chromium may be beneficial.