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Metabolic syndrome is:

a condition characterised by central obesity, hypertension, and disturbed glucose and insulin metabolism. The syndrome has been linked to increased risks of both type 2 diabetes and CVD.

This study shows that eating to much meat, fried foods and drinking diet soda leads to an increased risk of Metabolic syndrome.

How many people do you know order a double cheeseburger, fries and a diet drink?

I think this study has identified the symptoms not the cause. The foot cause lays in the first 5 words below: “The high calorie, low fiber “.

It seems to me that the problem is we, as a nation, eat to much for our level of activity and eat way too many empty calories.

Western diet pattern ‘promotes metabolic syndrome’ FoodNavigator.com, France By Stephen Daniells 08-Feb-2008 - The high calorie, low fiber dietary pattern associated with the Western diet is associated with an increased risk of …