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"Metabolic Syndrome And Plant-Based Diets"
Metabolic Syndrome, also known as Syndrome X, is a medical disorder characterized by the so-called "Deadly Quartet":
abdominal obesity, high fasting sugars, high triglycerides, and high blood pressure; and it sets people up for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease,
stroke, diabetes, cancer and heart disease. It's been estimated to afflict about a quarter of the American population. How do we stop it?
How do we prevent it? Well, if it's all about obesity, the level of fat in our blood and high blood pressure, then that seems like a job
for plant-based nutrition. But we didn't know for sure, though, until recently. Even after adjusting for lifestyle factors such as
smoking and exercise, risk was highest in those eating non-vegetarian, intermediate risk for those eating semi-vegetarian and
lowest in those eating vegetarian, cutting the odds of having metabolic syndrome by more than half.