METABOLIC SYNDROME

METABOLIC SYNDROME (also known as Syndrome X and Insulin Resistance Syndrome) is an epidemic sweeping America.  A syndrome is a cluster of symptoms or risk factors which make up a disease picture.  See the following symptoms:

Abdominal Obesity- a waistline of more than 40 inches if you are a man or 35 inches if you are a woman.

Elevated fasting glucose (blood sugar) above 100 mg/dl.

Blood pressure above 140/90mm Hg.

Triglycerides above 150 mg/dl.

LDL (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) above 130 mg/dl.

HDL (high-density lipoprotein cholesterol) below 35 mg/dl.

Inflammation- High CRP

If the above readings are not corrected, they can lead to serious problems such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney disease, etc.

Exercise- even walking helps to correct some of the problems.  It relieves stress, raises your metabolism and burns fat making it easier to loose weight.  It keeps you more flexible.  30-60 minutes per day.  You want to keep your heart rate at a safe number during exercise.  The formula for this number is 220-your age x .65 = a safe heart rate.  i.e., your age is 50.  So, 220 - 50 x .65 = 110.  If you exercise too hard it will not only stress your heart but cause inflammation in the body. 

Diet- should be low in processed foods, refined grains, red meat and sugar.  All meats and dairy products should be hormone free.

Eat foods which are considered to have a low glycemic level and glycemic load.

Glycemic Level (GI)- how a certain food will affect your blood sugar levels.  i.e., is it fast-releasing or slow-releasing?

Glycemic Load (GL)- looks at the type of carbohydrate (GI) as well as the amount of carbohydrates found in the food and combines these factors to create a real number you can count on.  Multiply the GI number by the number of carbohydrate grams it contains to arrive at the GL. Here are two sites that list the GI levels of foods.

http://www.herbalvitality.info/aw/glycemic_index.htm

http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm

NATURAL SUPPLEMENTS

Vitamins and Minerals

A man or woman’s vitamin/mineral such as
Rainbow Light or New Chapter

Nature's Plus- Folic Acid Hearts
Jarrow- Vitamin D3- 2000 to 5000 IU per day

Cholesterol
Nature's Way- Thisilyn (Milk Thistle) do this 

with one of the other formulas

Solaray- Cardio Complete

Solaray- Yeast Rice with COQ10

Dolisos- Common Juniper (gemmotherapy)

Jarrow - Choless Optimizer

Blood Pressure

Kyolic- Garlic- do this with one of the others
Futurebiotics- Pressure-Lo

Jarrow- Pressure Optimizer

Pre-Diabetes- one of the below product
Lidtke- GlycoTrol

Himalaya- GlucoCare (Ayurvedic formula)

Pharmacist Recommendeds- Blood Sugar Formula

Jarrow- Glucose Optimizer

Inflammation
Enzymedicas’ Repair or Garden of Lifes' Wobenzym N
Nordic Naturals’ Arctic Omega

Alkaline water  www.myvollara.com/jeannezeebschecter1
(alkaline water hydrates and reduces inflammation in the body at a 
cellular level.)  See my blog articles in the archive on 
The Benefits of Drinking Water and Alkaline Water.

HOMEOPATHICS

Based on the rubrics (symptoms): Obesity, Hypertension, Hypercholesterol, Diabetes II and General Inflammation (achiness).  It is always better to have your Homeopathic Constitutional case taken.  See the article on The Types of Homeopathy in the archive.

Aurum metallicum- serious, intense, idealistic people with high standards for self. Successful, responsible people.  Depression, often suicidal thoughts.  Ailments from grief or disappointed love or business losses.  Better with music.  Chilly.  Aversion to meat.  Desires milk, coffee, alcohol, wine, sour things, bread and pastries.

Calcarea carbonica- these people have a strong sense of duty and responsibility.  They feel over-burdened, overwhelmed, have a despair of recovery, anxiety about health and are worse hearing bad news. They may have nightmares.  Chilly.  Desires eggs, ice cream, salt and sweets.  Aversion to meat, milk, boiled things and fat. 

Lachesis muta- passionate, intense, jealous, suspicious, loquacious (very talkative) people.  There may be sarcasm and  anger.  They can be depressed and feel anxious on awakening.  Ailments from grief, disappointed love, conscience.  Warm blooded.  Desires for coffee, alcohol, wine, oysters, farinaceous food, sour foods.  Worse from tobacco. 

Lycopodium clavatum- they usually have a low self esteem with an external bluff of confidence.  Lack of self discipline, indecisive, anxiety about health and conflicts.  Weeps from sentimental events or when thanked.  Stage fright.  Slightly chilly.  Desire for sweets, pastries, alcohol.  Averse to boiled food.  Great deal of flatulence from cabbage, beans, onions and oysters.

Sulphur-  intellectual, philosophical, theorizing people.  Anxiety about health only when sick.  Critical of others.  Needs to be praised and appreciated by others.  They can have a bragging demeanor.  Very warm-blooded.  Ravenous appetite.   Aversion to meat.  Desire for sweets, spicy food, alcohol.

The New Glucose Revolution Life Plan: Discover How to Make the Glycemic Index the Foundation for a Lifetime of Healthy Eating [Paperback]

Dr. Dr. Jennie Brand-Miller M.D. M.D. (Author), Johanna Burani (Author), Kaye Foster-Powell M. Nutr & Diet (Author), Kaye Foster-Powell B.SC. M. Nutri. & Diet (Author)