Metabolic Syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome, also called Insulin Resistance, is a cluster of conditions (high blood pressure, high blood sugar, too much fat around the waist, low HDL ("good") cholesterol, and high triglycerides) that may occur together and thereby increase your risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes.
Why care about Triglycerides?
Triglycerides are a type of fat (lipid) in your blood. Your body converts calories it doesn't need right away into triglycerides and stores them in your fat cells. Later, hormones release triglycerides for energy between meals. If you regularly eat more calories than you need, particularly from high-carbohydrate foods, you end up with a lot of triglycerides stored in a lot of fat cells; high triglycerides. Normally, your digestive system breaks down the foods you eat into sugar. Insulin, a hormone made by your pancreas, helps sugar enter your cells to be used as fuel. In people with Metabolic Syndrome, cells don't respond normally to insulin. Glucose can't enter the cells, your blood sugar levels rise and your body continues to churn out more and more insulin to try to lower your blood sugar.
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