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"Her diagnosis was metabolic syndrome, a prediabetic condition that includes insulin resistance, elevated blood sugar, excessive visceral or belly fat, and cardiovascular problems including high cholesterol and high blood pressure. In most people who don't take big steps toward healthful living, metabolic syndrome evolves into type 2 diabetes—a disease that has reached epidemic proportions worldwide." - Hyla Cass, Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"Research has found that metabolic syndrome?a condition that raises the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke—was found less often in people who ate the most cereal fiber and whole grains, compared with those who ate the least. Reduce the risk of heart disease. At least 25 studies have found that people who regularly eat whole grains have a lower risk of heart disease. One study suggests that we can probably cut our risk for cardiovascular disease mortality in half with a high intake of whole grains." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.) "A recent study concluded that this way of eating might reduce the prevalence of both metabolic syndrome (a condition that includes excess body fat, high blood fats, and high blood pressure) and the cardiovascular risk that goes along with it. It also doesn't hurt that the Mediterranean diet is associated with a lower body mass index (BMI) and lower levels of obesity." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Even drinking diet drinks is associated with a higher risk of metabolic syndrome. Consumption of sugar (or its equivalents, like corn syrup) in soft drinks has been linked to obesity in children and adolescents. But a recent study of almost all fifty-year-old men and women in Framingham, Massachusetts, found that having more than one soft drink, whether sugared or diet, increased the risk of metabolic syndrome by 44 percent over a four-year period. The risk was increased similarly whether the drink was sugared or diet." - Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D., You: Staying Young: The Owner's Manual for Extending Your Warranty (Get the book.)

"The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among overweight youth has also been recently documented and implications for cardiovascular risk are concerning [32, 33]. Additional medical and psychosocial concerns associated with childhood overweight include asthma, sleep-disordered breathing, fatty liver disease, depression, low self-esteem, and social stigma [34, 35]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "The apolipoprotein E genotype predicts postprandial hypertriglyceridemia in patients with the metabolic syndrome. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 90, 2972-2975. 106. Boerwinkle, E., Brown, S., Sharrett, AR, Heiss, G., and Patsch, W. (1994). Apolipoprotein E polymorphism influences postprandial retinyl palmitate but not triglyceride concentrations. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 54, 341-360. 107. Reznik, Y., Pousse, P., Herrou, M., et al. (1996). Postprandial lipoprotein metabolism in normotriglyceridemic non-insulin-dependent diabetic patients: Influence of apolipoprotein E polymorphism. Metab. Clin. Exp." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "In addition to the effects on lipids, a recent 8-week crossover trial was conducted among postmenopausal women with metabolic syndrome comparing the DASH diet (17% energy from protein) versus soy protein (replaced one serving of red meat with soy protein?0 g) versus soy nut (replaced red meat with soy nuts?0 g) [183]. The soy nut and soy protein diets decreased the inflammatory markers E-selectin and CRP, compared with the DASH diet; IL-18 was lower on the soy nut diet, and nitric oxide production improved." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.) "Patients who have three or more of the listed cardiovascular risk factors can be classified as having the metabolic syndrome by NCEP Guidelines. Weight reduction, healthy diet, and physical activity are critical components of a treatment plan for these individuals [18]. C. Assessment of Readiness After assessing the patient's need for weight reduction, the health care provider must assess the patient's readiness to participate in treatment. Even when a patient is seriously overweight, he or she may not be ready to make a commitment to weight reduction [4]." - Ann M. Coulston and Carol J. Boushey, Nutrition in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease (Get the book.)

"Some people feel the metabolic syndrome is not reversible, but with the Tree of Life program, we have seen a high frequency of the reversal of this syndrome over a three-week cycle. Toxicity of Heavy Metals and Drinking Water The development of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is thought to be dependent on the interaction of environmental agents with the pancreatic beta cells." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (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 you have diabetes or the metabolic syndrome? / advise my patients with these conditions to stay the course until their sugars and blood insulin levels normalize. Sometimes this happens in as little as six weeks. Chapter 7 THETEARDOWN CONTINUES At the start of your third week on the Teardown phase of Diet Evolution, you're probably encouraged by your weight loss and bouncing with energy and well-being. Things are different for your genes, too." - 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.)

"Folks with metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance (IR) are regulars in my practice, so I am quite familiar with this scenario. Many with IR also have high blood pressure, low HDL cholesterol levels, and high triglycerides, the typical metabolic trio of IR. According to research, triglyceride levels fall when people take magnesium, and I've seen it happen over and over. It isn't that hard to explain if you understand another important enzyme: lipoprotein lipase, a/k/a LPL. LPL needs magnesium, so it goes like this: I Low Mg+ states = sluggish LPL activity ?" - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "Do all of you have more than your fair share of metabolic syndrome; that is, do you tend to be round around the middle, have high blood sugars, high blood pressure, low HDL, and high triglycerides? Are you diabetic? Is the diagnosis "coronary artery disease" listed in many family member's health records and death certificates? Fortify Your Mitochondria with the Awesome Foursome We know that mitochondria can indeed, be fortified, nurtured, fertilized and strengthened." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.) "Therefore, methods to attenuate oxidative stress are vitally important in regards to attenuating metabolic syndrome. This study will pull out all of the stops in relation to the effect of oxidative stress leading to cellular damage and eventually diabetes. The use of the carnitines in treating sexual dysfunction is getting more and more popular. For example, recent research suggests that acetyl-L-carnitine helps improve depression, fatigue, and sexual dysfunction that most men experience with aging. This is what physicians call andropause." - Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., The Sinatra Solution Metabolic Cardiology (Get the book.)

"A Heart-to-Heart Moment Another aspect of metabolic syndrome is elevated cholesterol?specifically, elevated LDL, triglycerides, and low HDL, and the heart and vascular diseases that can result. Although no one has established a direct relationship between cholesterol levels and vitamin D, many researchers believe vitamin D has an influence. Dr. Stephen Wiviott of Harvard Medical School studied the effectiveness of two different lipid-lowering drugs and found that bad cholesterol (LDL) levels were about 10 percent lower in the summer and fall compared to measures in the spring." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "Most people with the metabolic syndrome have high uric acid levels, but only some of these individuals go on to develop gout. More than 5 million Americans have gout, and African Americans have twice the likelihood of developing gout as European Americans. The incidence of gout in Asians and Latin Americans is also slightly higher than in European Americans, probably because of the increased incidence of high blood pressure in these ethnic groups. A diet that generates acid tends to raise uric acid levels." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "To reverse the havoc the metabolic syndrome wreaks, you simply have to neutralize your acid-base imbalance. You can accomplish this with the Vitamin D Cure eating plan, which, like the DASH diet and the Mediterranean diet, asks you to eat more vegetables and fruits (these provide large amounts of antacid). With these diets, you also take in greater amounts of omega-3 fatty acids compared to omega-6 fats and saturated fats, so these things all synch up to produce excellent health benefits." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.) "You get monounsaturated fat from olive oil and omega-3 fatty acids from dark-meat fish; you increase your vegetable and fruit intake, and you eat fewer refined carbs. metabolic syndrome sufferers who stayed on this diet for two years had greater reductions than control-diet participants in these areas: ?Weight ?Triglycerides ?Waist circumference ?Fasting glucose ?Blood pressure ?Insulin ?Total cholesterol They had greater increases in their HDL levels as well. Study directors Dr." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"Some people, particularly those with Syndrome X, also known as metabolic syndrome, may take three or four weeks, or even slightly longer?everyone is different. Psychological stresses, as we pointed out, create elevated Cortisol, which increases inflammation and undermines our ability to control insulin and glucose. Whether it takes four days to a few weeks, or a month, or even two months isn't the point so much as that we have the capacity within us to return to a healthy physiology, with a fasting blood sugar that is consistently around 85." - Gabriel Cousens, There Is a Cure for Diabetes: The Tree of Life 21-Day+ Program (Get the book.)

"Her diagnosis was metabolic syndrome, a prediabetic condition that includes insulin resistance, elevated blood sugar, excessive visceral or belly fat, and cardiovascular problems including high cholesterol and high blood pressure. In most people who don't take big steps toward healthful living, metabolic syndrome evolves into type 2 diabetes—a disease that has reached epidemic proportions worldwide." - Hyla Cass, M.D., Supplement Your Prescription: What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutrition (Get the book.)

"If you have peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm, diabetes, or metabolic syndrome, discuss testing and management with your practitioner as well as all available options, including exercise, weight management, dietary changes, aspirin, drug treatment, and nutritional supplement interventions. Triglycerides are an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease in women, but especially when increased triglycerides are present in association with low HDL levels." - 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.)

"But our "adjustment" looks much less plausible when you consider that, as mentioned, fully a quarter of all Americans suffer from metabolic syndrome, two thirds of us are overweight or obese, and diet-related diseases are already killing the majority of us. The concept of a changing food environment is not just a metaphor; nor is the idea of adapting to it. In order for natural selection to help us adapt to the Western diet, we'd have to be prepared to let those whom it sickens die." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.) "Some researchers believe that metabolic syndrome may be at the root of many of the "diseases of civilization" that typically follow a native population's adoption of a Western lifestyle and the nutrition transition that typically entails. The ten Aborigines returned to their traditional homeland, an isolated region of northwest Australia more than a day's drive by off-road vehicle from the nearest town." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (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.)

"When you consider that two thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, that fully a quarter of us have metabolic syndrome, that fifty-four million have prediabetes, and that the incidence of type 2 diabetes has risen 5 percent annually since 1990, going from 4 percent to 7.7 percent of the adult population (that's more than twenty million Americans), the question is not nearly as silly as it sounds." - Michael Pollan, In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto (Get the book.)

"Having a fatty middle can signal metabolic syndrome, a cluster of diabetes and heart disease risk factors that includes insulin resistance, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglyceride levels, and low HDL (high-density lipoprotein or "good" cholesterol) levels. Indeed, people who are apple-shaped are three times more likely to suffer a heart attack than those who are pear-shaped—that is, carrying most of their fat in their buttocks." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"The effects of grapefruit on weight and insulin resistance: relationship to the metabolic syndrome. J Med Food. 2006;9:49-54. Gao K, Henning SM, Niu Y, Youssefian AA, Seeram NP, Xu A, Heber D. The citrus flavonoid naringenin stimulates DNA repair in prostate cancer cells. / Nutr Biochem. 2006;17:89-95. Gorinstein S et al. Red grapefruit positively influences serum triglyceride level in patients suffering from coronary atherosclerosis: Studies in vitro and in humans. J Agric Food Chem. 2006;54:1887-1892. Staudte H, Sigusch BW, Glockmann E." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.) "WEIGHT LOSS: One study found that obese individuals who consumed one half of a fresh grapefruit before meals for twelve weeks lost a significant amount of weight and had improvements in insulin resistance associated with metabolic syndrome. A fad diet based on eating grapefruits was developed in Hollywood, California, and first became popular in the 1930s, making a later resurgence in the 1970s. Medical and nutritional experts found it to be nutritionally incomplete and unsound." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Researchers from a huge multi-center study called CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) that followed thousands of adults over 15 years found that those who took in the most magnesium in food were 30 percent less likely to develop metabolic syndrome than those with the lowest magnesium intakes. That's all pretty important, don't you think? But only about 32 percent of the US population met the recommended daily intake for magnesium, according to data from the Agricultural Research Service Community Nutrition Research Group." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

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