Three Foods to Fight Metabolic Syndrome Abdominal fat
accumulation is the most easily identifiable sign of metabolic
syndrome, but it’s by no means the only one. Metabolic syndrome,
also called Syndrome X and “insulin resistance syndrome,” is
loosely defined as having any three of the following: abdominal
obesity, high triglycerides, high fasting blood sugar levels,
high blood pressure, or low HDL cholesterol. Individually, these
conditions are problematic, but even more troubling in
combination; you should be aware that in addition to an “early
warning sign” of diabetes, metabolic syndrome can also be an
indication of impending heart disease. In fact, many people
discover they are diabetic only after they experience a heart
attack. One Swedish study revealed that as many as 40 percent of
those patients who were admitted with acute myocardial
infarction (heart attack) were diabetic but didn’t know it.
Abdominal Fat Is Just the Beginning It’s been well documented
that having a pear–shaped body (smaller waist b