Metabolic syndrome: a harbinger of formidable diseases

This name came to us from the West, but it is not used to denote a particular disease, but to describe a complex of symptoms. However, taken together, they can cause completely certain diseases: stroke, constriction of vessels and diabetes of the second type. Therefore, the metabolic syndrome is singled out separately, and people who have it are under close medical supervision.

This problem is urgent not only for the US, there are also quite a lot of people in Russia who have a metabolic syndrome. Definition of it is connected, first of all, with revealing of excess weight at the person. Who usually shows this condition?

• People who are central obesity. Usually, these are men who have overweight on their stomach. Women also have this condition, although the numerical indicators to determine whether central obesity are used by others.
• In people who have reduced sensitivity to insulin. Because of this, the blood raises the sugar and fat content.
• Other risk factors: mature age, genetic predisposition, hormonal disorders, lack of physical activity.

Simultaneously with the metabolic syndrome, symptoms such as increased blood coagulability and a mildly pronounced inflammation in various tissues of the body appear.

How to determine the metabolic syndrome?

• The patient has a pressure greater than 135/85 at rest
• Sugar in the blood increased on an empty stomach
• In women, the waist is more than 88 cm, for men - more than 100 cm
• More than 150 mg / L triglycerides in the blood
• Reduced high density cholesterol

If there are at least 3 of the listed symptoms, then the condition is present. What is its pathogenesis? Metabolic syndrome is associated with the chronic effects of large amounts of sugar and triglycerides in the blood on all organs and systems. Over time, they just stop working normally. In addition, visceral fat shows hormonal activity, which has a bad effect on the general condition of the body. The development of metabolic syndrome is associated with malnutrition, the presence in food of a large number of animal fats. Vegetarians almost never suffer from this disease, and vegans - and never at all. This is a disease of abundance, when there is always a lot of fatty food at hand, and there is no need to move, as you can get into the car and get comfortable in the right place.

What tests can reveal the metabolic syndrome?

On sugar, on low and high density cholesterol, total cholesterol, triglycerides.

The goal of the treatment is to prevent diabetes and heart disease. The doctor will recommend some measures to reduce pressure, "bad" cholesterol, blood sugar and triglycerides. However, private measures can not be escaped - you need a change in the whole way of life.

First of all, you still have to reduce weight. In fact, this is not so difficult a problem as it is written to us by women's magazines. Reducing caloric intake at the same time with regular, albeit not the most difficult, physical activity in a few months will significantly improve your condition. Often enough to lose 5 kg to sugar went down. To do this, reduce the caloric intake of food by 500-1000 kcal and include in the schedule daily walks for at least 30 minutes. Although over time, you need to increase their speed and gradually move to run. First with interruptions, and then run without interruption the entire distance. By the way, the distance can also be increased.

In general, you need to come to a normal weight. So that the BMI does not exceed 25. If you succeed, even such a formidable disease as type 2 diabetes will not be so likely. It is necessary to change eating habits, reduce the amount of fat in the diet, stop smoking and start eating fish at least twice a week, and if the meat should be lean, then the fish, on the contrary, should be fatty.

Be sure to take into account the risk factors - and change your lifestyle, until it has to be done because of serious diseases.