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Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome is now the accepted term for the collections of symptoms that has previously been called Syndrome X or Insulin Resistance Syndrome or Impaired Glucose Tolerance.
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Categories: Diabetes
Articles: What Causes Diabetes? : Insulin Resistance
What Is Metabolic Syndrome?
Metabolic Syndrome is often the half-way stage to Type 2 diabetes and is a combination of several different health problems occuring together such as:
- Insulin resistance
- Being overweight with fat around your middle (central obesity or apple shaped) with a waist:hip ratio of over 0.90 on men and 0.85 in women or a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 30 (Obese)
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol levels
- High homocysteine level
Why Is Metabolic Syndrome Important?
A quarter of the population in the UK is believed to be suffering with metabolic syndrome which is a cause for great concern, because it indicates that these people are going down the road to having Type 2 diabetes , and already have a collection of serious health problems which significantly increase their chance of having:
- Type 2 diabetes
- Heart and circulation problems including heart attack and stroke
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