If you are considered obese, especially with an above average amount of abdominal fat
and you may have metabolic syndrome when you are insulin resistant.  It is
important to consider that one may be insulin resistant but remain to be non-diabetic but. 
If you are insulin resistant you can be pre-diabetes.

If you are insulin resistant, your body is not using the insulin your pancreas is producing
effectively.The pancrea will produce more insulins however the body
cannot utilize it and will not get the energy from the food intake.  This condition can be
handed down from generation in the family but it can be due to obesity and
inactivity.

As with diabetes, the risk factors for having metabolic problems – metabolic syndrome –
are equally the same.  Age is a risk factor, the older you are the chances of having this are
greater.Majority of individuals over the age of 60 have metabolic disorder
symptoms have been seen in children and adults in their 20’s.  Another risk factor for
having this syndrome is race, people from a Hispanic or Asian backgrounds are at a
higher risk than others.it involves hereditary factors as mentioned earlier.

Being obese with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of over 25 is a factor too.  The difference
with this condition from the others is the fact that others can exert control over it. 
They can avoid this factor by losing weight and exercise
towards metabolic syndrome.

If you are diagnosed with metabolic syndrome, your doctor will run screening tests for
diabetes.Weight loss plan will be recommended through
a balanced diet complemented with physical activity.

In conclusion, metabolic syndrome is a groups of risk factors that make you more likely to become diabete, obese, and suffer from complications of heart disease. You will be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome is you have elevated fasting blood glucose levels, increased waist measurment, low HDL cholesterol (the good cholesterol), and/or elevated blood pressure.

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