date:Apr 27, 2012
Medicinal Food and is currently in final editorial review.
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic syndrome is characterized by a group of metabolic risk factors including central obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia (eg. high triglycerides, low HDL cholesterol etc), elevated blood pressure, insulin resistance or glucose intolerance, and being in a pro-inflammatory state (eg. high C-reactive protein levels in the blood).
Those with some or all of the above factors are at high risk of developing type 2 diabet