Metabolic Syndrome / Syndrome X
Metabolic syndrome is the name for a group of risk factors that increases insulin resistance, raises your risk for diabetes, heart disease and other health problems, such as high blood pressure and stroke.
Metabolic syndrome is present if three or more of the following five criteria are met.
- A large waistline (abdominal obesity)
- A high triglyceride levels
- A low HDL cholesterol level
- High blood pressure
- High fasting blood sugar levels (insulin resistance).
Abdominal obesity
Abdominal obesity or central obesity or truncal obesity or belly fat is excessive abdominal fat around the stomach and abdomen. It is combination of both subcutaneous and visceral fats.
Causes,
Over eating
Sedentary lifestyle, taking little physical activity.
No exercise
Excess carbohydrates intake
Processed foods causing inflammation
Heredity
Hormones
Alcohol.
Complications,
Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes
Cardiovascular disease
High blood pressure
Some types of cancers.
Treatment/ Prevention,
Weight reduction/ cutting calories
Exercise
Reduce carbohydrates
No sugar
No fruit juices
More protein
More fiber rich foods
No alcohol
Reduce stress
Avoid trans fats
Good sleep.
High blood triglycerides levels
Triglycerides are a type of fat. They come from foods, especially butter, oils, and other fats you eat. Also type of fat in the blood.
Liver makes them too. When you eat extra calories, especially carbohydrates your liver increases the production of triglycerides.
Triglycerides are stored in fat cells for later use.
Causes,
Too much carbohydrates intake, high fructose fruits intake.
Alcohol consumption
Obesity
Diabetes.
Complications,
Arteriosclerosis, hardening of the arteries or thickening of the artery walls, which increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and heart disease.
Treatment/ Prevention,
Weight reduction
Reducing carbohydrates and high fructose fruits intake.
Adding W3 fish oils/ Fatty fishes
Reduce alcohol.
Low HDL Cholesterol Levels
HDL (high-density lipoproteins). It is the “good” cholesterol.
It removes LDL cholesterol from other parts of your body, from arteries back to your liver. Your liver then removes the cholesterol from your body.
Causes,
Overweight
Lack of exercise
Diet with high refined carbohydrates
Diabetes
Some medications.
Complications,
Heart disease
Stroke.
Treatment/ Prevention,
Reduce weight
Exercise
Eat a healthy diet
Replacing carbohydrates by balanced dietary fats.
Raising HDL through medications may not be a reliable measure in reducing risk of heart attack.
High blood pressure / hypertension
High blood pressure, is a disease where blood flows through your arteries at higher-than-normal pressure. Hypertension typically develops over the course of time.
Causes,
Obesity
Lack of exercise
High fat diet
Diabetes
Kidney disease.
Potassium deficiency.
Complications,
Heart attack
Stroke
Kidney disease.
Treatment/ Prevention,
Reduce weight
Eat a healthy diet.
Add exercise.
Reduce sodium/ salt
Increase potassium levels, including with supplements.
Reduce alcohol.
Insulin resistance
Insulin resistance is, when cells in your muscles, fat, and liver don’t respond well to insulin and can’t easily take up glucose from your blood.
Causes,
Obese or over weight
Inflammation in adipose tissue
High calories diet
Sedentary lifestyle, taking little physical activity.
Complications,
Development of vascular complications, high blood sugar, retinopathy, nephropathy, and peripheral neuropathy.
Treatment/ Prevention,
Reduce weight
Eat a healthy diet.
Add exercise
Reduce stress
Get more sleep
Avoid alcohol
More fiber foods.
High Homocysteine levels in blood
Homocysteine is a type of amino acid, a chemical your body uses to make proteins.
There should be very little homocysteine left in the bloodstream.
Causes,
Intake of high animal Proteins
Intake of alcohol
Some medication drugs.
Complications,
Atherosclerosis, or a build-up of fats and other substances in the arterial walls.
Heart attack
Coronary artery disease
Stroke.
Treatment/ Prevention,
Normally, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, and folic acid break down homocysteine and change it into other substances your body needs.
Cancer
Cancer is a disease in which a single normal body cell undergoes a genetic transformation into a cancer cell.
This cell and its descendants, proliferating across many years, produce the population of cells that we recognize as a tumour.
Tumours produce the symptoms that an individual experiences as cancer.
Anything that may cause a normal body cell to develop abnormally, potentially can cause cancer.
Types of cancers are more than 100.
Causes,
Chemical or toxic compound exposure, Radiation.
Obesity, Alcohol, Tobacco
Viral infections, Chronic inflammations
Cancer causing substances.
Following are only for prevention.
Also do not use foods for alternate treatments for cancer.
Maintain healthy weight
Exercise
Healthy diet of vegetables origin
Vaccination.
Low levels of insulin, Lower metabolism, only adequate HGH, only adequate IGF1, only adequate Methionine, only adequate complete protein, only adequate autophagy, No ER stress, Good immune system.
Add in the diet,
MSM, calcium (not good for prostate), Vitamin D, DHA oil, Flavonoids, Turmeric, Aged garlic.
Cruciferous vegetables, capsicums (bell peppers of all colours), Berries, Tomatoes, papaya, grapefruit, Lycopene/ foods, Green tea. Minimising DNA damage with supplementation of antioxidative micronutrients such as selenium, zinc, vitamin C, and vitamin E.
Reduce (in the diet),
Alcohol, Tobacco, Refined sugar, Saturated fats
Red meat.
Theory on Longevity
Centenarians (who live 100 or more years) often have reduced insulin levels and their cells show better insulin sensitivity.
Calories restriction and exercise is the key in achieving this.