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"The Healing Miracles of Coconut Oil Syndrome X There's another term for the diabetes-like "disease" that results from eating too many refined carbohydrates: syndrome x. syndrome x is characterized by elevated levels of insulin in the blood. Here's the link between dietary carbohydrates and syndrome x, as explained in The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Syndrome Xis a term used to describe a set of cardiovascular risk factors, including glucose or insulin disturbances, high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, elevated blood pressure, and android obesity." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"In addition to these risk factors, there are two syndromes, both called syndrome x, associated with heart disease risk. The first one was named by Dr. Harvey Kemp of Harvard in 1967 to describe women with normal coronary angiograms who had angina-like chest pain with or without positive treadmill tests.27 Some of these women turned out to have abnormal circulation in the small coronary arteries, and their coronary flow didn't adjust itself appropriately. The second syndrome x, also called Reaven's syndrome or metabolic syndrome,28 was coined in 1988 by Dr. Gerald Reaven of Stanford University." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"It was postulated that a particular clinical presentation was so likely to eventuate in cardiovascular disaster that it deserved denoting as a syndrome; "Syndrome X" was coined over a decade ago. Today, syndrome x is generally called the "Metabolic Syndrome." The hallmarks are the abnormal accumulation of body fat resulting in central obesity, decreased insulin sensitivity leading to adult-onset diabetes, and abnormalities in blood lipids associated with high blood cholesterol." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"In my practice, for Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease Medical Conditions Hypertension Diabetes mellitus Hyperlipidemia/lipid abnormalities syndrome x (insulin resistance) Obesity and/or excess abdominal and upper body fat (apple shape) Lifestyle Sedentary lifestyle High-fat diet Cigarette smoking Alcohol—more than two drinks per day Stress Family History Coronary artery disease women who have had one regular lipid panel with abnormalities, I am inclined to order these additional, more sophisricated blood tests." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Whenever you are battling type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, or syndrome x, it is absolutely necessary to maintain a low glycemic load carbohydrate diet, with no more than 40 percent of the calories coming from preferably low glycemic load carbohydrates. The monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated fatty acids such as alpha-linolenic acid and other omega-3 fatty acids in addition to higher dose proteins do not require a significant insulin release for metabolism. A Program for Professional or World-Class Athletes ?Multivitamin/mineral foundation program with 1 gram of fish oil ?" - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"Another study of ginger found that the herb could help control the risk factors involved in "syndrome X," which combine to greatly increase risk of type 2 diabetes—a condition that creates severe inflammation throughout the body because of the pro-inflammatory effects of high blood sugar and high insulin levels. A chemical called 6-gingerol appeared to have the most potent blood sugar and blood insulin-lowering effects." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Metabolic syndrome," or "syndrome X," is the medical term for the complex of health problems these Aborigines had developed: Large amounts of refined carbohydrates in the diet combined with a sedentary lifestyle had disordered the intricate (and still imperfectly understood) system by which the insulin hormone regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates and fats in the body. Metabolic syndrome has been implicated not only in the development of type 2 diabetes, but also in obesity, hypertension, heart disease, and possibly certain cancers." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"In 1999,1 began writing a book titled syndrome x, which was essentially about prediabetes, yet I was still in denial about having the early stages of syndrome x, a form of prediabetes. At that time, my personal life and relationships were undergoing big changes, and, for some inexplicable reason, I lost my taste for pasta, which had been one of my favorite foods. I started to eat more salads and baked chicken. Over the next three months, I lost twenty pounds without trying, and my body mass index decreased to 23.5, which is within the normal range." - Jack Challem, Stop Prediabetes Now: The Ultimate Plan to Lose Weight and Prevent Diabetes (Get the book.)

"Future research may show that coenzyme Qiq can help to neutralize this poorly understood "Syndrome X," which is the major cause of vascular dysfunction, vasoconstriction and eventually high blood pressure, and even type 2 diabetes. All of these conditions also predispose us to cardiovascular disease, causing symptoms of easy fatigability, fatigue, shortness of breath, atypical chest pain, or even angina pectoris—the hallmark of coronary ischemia. Angina Pectoris Angina is classically defined as a squeezing or pressure, or even a burning-like chest pain." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"People who have syndrome x are at greater risk of developing Type II diabetes and heart disease. Sufferers are also more likely to die prematurely from heart disease and other causes. syndrome x, as well as Type II diabetes, pre-diabetes and obesity, all can be viewed as different facets of the same disease-having the same underlying dietary, lifestyle and genetic causes." - Jan Lovejoy, Get Balanced-the Natural Way to Better Health with Superfoods (Get the book.)

"Stanford first coined the term "Syndrome X" to describe the constellation of signs and symptoms caused in certain patients by insulin resistance, including high blood sugar levels, high blood pressure, cholesterol and lipid abnormalities, and an increase in waist circumference. He continues to research this condition to this very day. Not everyone who is insulin resistant goes on to develop diabetes. In fact, if you discover you are insulin resistant, you can take steps to help reverse the condition." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.) "Syndrome X" to describe the constellation of findings seen in insulin-resistant patients, recently argued this point. Reaven stated in the June 2006 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that the World Health Organization, the Adult Treatment Panel III, and the International Diabetes Federation have all created diagnostic criteria for metabolic syndrome, but that diagnosing the syndrome in a person isn't nearly as important as targeting the core underlying problem—insulin resistance—and aggressively taking steps to reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke in these people." - Steven V. Joyal, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Diabetes: An Innovative Program to Prevent, Treat, and Beat This Controllable Disease (Get the book.)

"Hypertension is part of the basket of symptoms seen in syndrome x, discussed below. Candida Candida is also commonly associated with diabetes and is a larger symptom of a Culture of Death diabetogenic diet and lifestyle." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "Some long-term studies have suggested that the higher the fasting blood insulin levels and the greater the amount of abdominal fat, the greater likelihood of death from syndrome x. The metabolic disorder that we've created through unnatural ways of living from the lifestyle and diet of the Culture of Death has a significant effect on people's health. Some researchers estimate that we age one-third faster when blood sugar levels are high. Some of the negative impact is related to the glycation process, in which glucose fuses with protein." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "When there is a great deal of genetic upgrading needed, as with syndrome x, it may take three to four weeks. Considering that most people still believe diabetes is not reversible, this is not very long. The Culture of Life anti-diabetogenic world cuisine, besides its other qualities, is also high in enzymes, high in electron energy, and high in bio-photon energy. These areas are all discussed in depth in my book Spiritual Nutrition." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.) "CLIENT 5 This client was a 55-year-old Type-2 diabetic for ten years and manifested a syndrome x pattern. He started with an FBS of 248 and within eighteen days on the program his FBS reached 83, off all medications. CLIENT 6 This Type-2 diabetic started with an FBS of 130 on oral diabetic medications. In one week while off all medications, her FBS dropped to 82. She also lost 13 pounds in three weeks. Her total cholesterol dropped from 217 to 140 and LDL went from 148 to 46. CLIENT 7 A 61-year-old female Type-2 diabetic for ten years, this client had an average FBS of 111." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Physicians and especially cardiologists who are willing to incorporate the disciplines of nutritional, biochemical, and metabolic solutions will become our most effective specialists in the treatment of heart disease, high blood pressure, chronic fatigue syndrome, and syndrome x, to mention a few. They will treat heart cells in a selective manner that optimizes pulsation, reduces free-radical damage, and sustains mitochondrial defense. Conventional cardiologists who embrace a metabolic cardiological solution will become our most effective healers, ready to meet the needs of a new tomorrow." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "More and more studies document a high occurrence of low magnesium states in people with diabetes, as well as those with the syndrome called insulin resistance (IR) or syndrome x. The good news is knowing this association gives us a new leg up for treating and preventing IR and diabetes, two very problematic endocrine problems. For example, in a recent randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of sixty-three type 2 diabetics with decreased magnesium blood levels, oral supplementation improved both insulin sensitivity and metabolic glucose control." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"I I I Also known as the metabolic syndrome, or syndrome x, insulin resistance afflicts more than 60 percent of Americans, most of them unwittingly, and is a manifestation of killer-gene activity. When you have a lot of muscle cells, as you do in your youth, the insulin response usually functions efficiently, but when you lose muscle mass and pack lots of fat cells in between blood vessels and muscle cells, insulin has to push sugar through mounds of fat to reach your muscles." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Today, syndrome x is generally called the "Metabolic Syndrome." The hallmarks are the abnormal accumulation of body fat resulting in central obesity, decreased insulin sensitivity leading to adult-onset diabetes, and abnormalities in blood lipids associated with high blood cholesterol." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"It was suggested that a particular combination was so likely to result in cardiovascular disaster that it deserved designation and became known as "Syndrome X." Today, syndrome x is generally called the "metabolic syndrome." The hallmarks are abdominal obesity, decreased insulin sensitivity leading to adult onset diabetes, abnormalities in blood lipids associated with high blood cholesterol, and hypertension." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.)

"Here's the link between dietary carbohydrates and syndrome x, as explained in The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Syndrome Xis a term used to describe a set of cardiovascular risk factors, including glucose or insulin disturbances, high blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels, elevated blood pressure, and android obesity. The underlying metabolic denominator in Syndrome Xis elevated insulin levels. There is little doubt about what contributes to these elevations: an elevated intake of refined carbohydrates." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"People with syndrome x are more likely to suffer strokes than other people. About a quarter of all American adults are estimated to have syndrome x. That means they have at least three of the five common conditions associated with the syndrome: abdominal obesity, high blood sugar, high triglyceride levels, high blood pressure, and low HDL ("good") cholesterol levels. While diabetes significantly increases the risk for stroke, it has been found that for people who have not been diagnosed with diabetes, having metabolic syndrome can be as powerful a risk factor." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"The second syndrome x, also called Reaven's syndrome or metabolic syndrome,28 was coined in 1988 by Dr. Gerald Reaven of Stanford University. It is a syndrome of increased truncal (midsection) obesity—a waist-to-hip ratio greater than 1:1—and is defined as a cluster of symptoms that appear to occur secondarily to cellular resistance to insulin. Individuals who secrete larger amounts of insulin because the normal insulin action is impaired are predisposed to glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, and hypertension." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"In a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, postmenopausal women diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, also called syndrome x, who ate soy nuts over a period of 8 weeks enjoyed better glycemic control and better lipid profiles when compared to a control group.4" - Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews, Superfoods Rx Diet: Lose Weight with the Power of SuperNutrients (Get the book.)

"Do high carbohydrate diets prevent the development or attenuate the manifestations (or both) of syndrome x? A viewpoint strongly against. Curr. Opin. Lipidol. 8, 23-27. 60. Sheard, N. F., Clark, N. G, Brand-Miller, J. C, Franz, M. J., Pi-Sunyer, F. X., Mayer-Davis, E., Kulkarni, K., and Geil, P. (2004). Dietary carbohydrate (amount and type) in the prevention and management of diabetes: A statement of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care 27, 2266-2271. 61. Coulston, A. M., Hollenbeck, C. B., Donner, C. C, Williams, R., Chiou, Y.-A. M., and Reaven, G. M. (1985)." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"More recently, researchers have reported that supplements improve a person's overall cholesterol profile, shifting it from one that is characteristic of syndrome x to one more resistant to coronary heart disease. For example, researchers at the University of Sydney, Australia, have shown that taking 1,000 mg of vitamin C for four weeks can decrease LDL cholesterol by 16 percent. (If LDL was 150 mg/dl, the drop would be a significant 24 mg/dl.) Other studies have demonstrated that vitamin C can prevent the free-radical oxidation of LDL, reducing another risk factor for heart disease." - Jack Challem, Burton Berkson, Melissa Diane Smith, Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance (Get the book.) "As you recall, one of the characteristics of syndrome x is an abnormal cholesterol profde. Total cholesterol levels become elevated. In addition, levels of the good high-density lipoprotein (HDL) form of cholesterol decrease. This decrease in HDL alters the ratio between the bad low-density lipoprotein (LDL) form of cholesterol and HDL—in effect, raising LDL levels. Furthermore, free-radical oxidation of LDL increases. Each of these changes increases the risk of coronary heart disease." - Jack Challem, Burton Berkson, Melissa Diane Smith, Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance (Get the book.) "Again, bear in mind that diabetes does not develop overnight, and that glucose intolerance and syndrome x precede it. HOW VITAMIN C IMPROVES GLUCOSE TOLERANCE Vitamin C also slows the aging process that high glucose and insulin accelerate. It does this in a couple of ways. Vitamin C is the body's principal water-soluble dietary antioxidant, and it quenches the hydroxyl free radical, considered the most dangerous of all radicals. Vitamin C also reduces the glycosylation of proteins, including AGEs, which, as the acronym suggests, age cells." - Jack Challem, Burton Berkson, Melissa Diane Smith, Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance (Get the book.)

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