Heath and Fitness
Here’s Why and How to Fix Metabolic Syndrome to Live a Longer and Healthier Life.
Metabolic inflexibility underlies significant health issues.
To begin with, my title delivers its promise.
Metabolic syndrome is fixable by reducing and mitigating risk factors. We can live longer and happier as metabolic syndrome is an underlying risk factor for at least three common diseases: diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. In occasional cases, even more diseases manifest.
Let’s take a 30-thousand-foot view of metabolic syndrome. Once we understand the nature of this condition, its implications, and its impact, we can mitigate the risks using various approaches.
High blood pressure, high blood glucose, excessive abdominal fat, and abnormal cholesterol levels are the indicators of metabolic syndrome.
These indicators are measurable. Even though our healthcare professionals help us measure and monitor these tests, we can do self-monitoring too. At least three of the indicators of metabolic syndrome can be done through self-monitoring at home.
For example, we can measure our waistline with a measuring tape. It is feasible to purchase a simple blood pleasure monitoring device. We can…
