Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome refers to the condition that many chronically stressed people face regarding weight gain. Stressed individuals often gain more weight than they should based on the calories they consume.

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Healthy Moms Dictionary - Metabolic Syndrome

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Metabolic syndrome is a combination of medical disorders that increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. One in five people have metabolic syndrome. Studies suggest that about 25 percent of Americans are affected with metabolic syndrome. Symptoms of Metabolic Syndrome If you say yes to at least three of these you have metabolic syndrome. You have high blood pressure (130/85 mmHG or greater) You have a high amount of sugar in your blood (110 mg/dL or or greater) You are overweight or obese and carry the weight around your middle. For men, your waist measures greater than 40 inches around. For women ... Read Full Story

Syndrome X

Written by kokoruko on
What is metabolic syndrome? metabolic syndrome x An association between certain metabolic disorders and cardiovascular disease has been known since the 1940s. In the 1980s this association became more clearly defined and the term metabolic syndrome (also known as syndrome X or the dysmetabolic syndrome) was coined to designate a cluster of metabolic risk factors that come together in a single individual. In more current times, the term metabolic syndrome is found throughout medical literature and in the lay press as well. There are slight differences in the criteria of diagnosis - depending on which authority is quoted. Regardless, the concept of a clustering ... Read Full Story

Metabolic Syndrome Leptin and Insulin Resistance Taking Over

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Image by alchymy8 via Flickr A study in the October Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM reports that statistics for Metabolic Syndrome (leptin and/or insulin resistance), could be as high as 1 in 4 American workers! This cluster of resistance syndromes that result in premature aging, heart disease, obesity, diabetes and other inflammatory and immune system challenges is affecting so many people in the western world or who take on our western diet. “ Metabolic syndrome is defined as having at least three of five disease risk factors: large waist circumference ... Read Full Story

Eating irregularly is a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance.

Written by Didrik on
The metabolic syndrome is a co ndition co nsisting of multiple symptoms including elevated blood glu co se, triglycerides, cholesterol, LDL (the bad cholesterol) and decreased HDL (the good cholesterol). A part of the metabolic syndrome is insulin resistance which occurs when the insulin is not able to transfer the bloodsugar into the cells as efficiently as it used to. This will first result in elevated insulin levels as the pancreas co mpensates trying to transfer the glu co se into the cells so it can be used for energy. Later the blood glu co se may also increase as the pancreas is not ... Read Full Story

Article: Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Metabolic Syndrome

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Increasing blood levels of vitamin D are linked to a lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome, as well as improved "good" cholesterol levels. The lowest levels of the sunshine vitamin were associated with a 31% prevalence of metabolic syndrome, compared to only 10% for people with the highest average levels. Read Full Story
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Breastfeeding protects women from metabolic syndrome, a diabetes and heart...
December 3 2009 (Oakland, Calif.) -- Breastfeeding a child may lower a woman?s risk of developing Metabolic Syndrome, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes in women, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that was published today online ahead of print and will appear in the February issue of Diabetes, a journal of the American Diabetes Association (link:  
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Hypertension, obesity, diabetes equals metabolic syndrome
Weight reduction in most cases is the answer to preventing these diseases. I have treated many patients who had metabolic syndrome and I have constantly reminded them that weight loss through ... suggest the following: Avoid fast-food restaurants ...  
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Childbearing Increases Risk Of Metabolic Syndrome
Childbearing is associated directly with future development of the metabolic syndrome abdominal obesity, high triglycerides, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular disease risk factors and for women who have had gestational diabetes, the risk is more than twice greater, according to a study co-  
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Healthy Living: Metabolic syndrome
Are you on a good diet? Exercise a lot but still struggle with losing weight? It may not be the diet. It may be where you are carrying your weight. It's called the apple shape, excess weight around your mid section. This is one risk factor for what doctors are calling the metabolic syndrome.  
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Metabolic syndrome: Increased risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes
Metabolic syndrome — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of conditions related to insulin resistance. Sponsored by:Chemotherapy.com - http://www.chemotherapy.com  
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Childhood weight gain predicts adult metabolic syndrome in developing countries
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who experience a faster increase in body mass index (BMI) than their peers are prone to developing diabetes and metabolic syndrome in adulthood, according to a study conducted in New Delhi, India.  
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Postmenopausal Women With Higher Testosterone Levels May Have Increased...
Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower testosterone levels, according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM).  
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