The most common
symptoms of metabolic syndrome include high cortisol levels, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, fatigue, and a «spare tyre» of weight around the middle.
Not exact matches
In a 2014 study, a team
of Mexican researchers fed a group
of rats too much sugar, which gave them
symptoms of metabolic syndrome,
including high blood sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides.
Areas
of clinical focus
include autoimmune disease (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis), psychiatry (depression, anxiety),
metabolic conditions (diabetes, cholesterol), women's health (premenstrual
syndrome, menopausal
symptoms, fertility, pregnancy), children's health, and digestive health.
This is a great little study from Bulgaria, where researchers were trying to tease out the possible causes behind
metabolic syndrome, the collection
of symptoms that
includes obesity, insulin resistance, high LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, and an increased risk
of diabetes and heart disease.
But testosterone therapy actually has a wide range
of physiological effects in men,
including increased muscle mass, decreased fat mass (both overall and belly fat), improved insulin sensitivity, reduced risk
of the
metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, improved mood / depressive
symptoms, energy, and quality
of life, reduced lower urinary tract
symptoms, and importantly, reduced risk
of all - cause and cardiovascular mortality.
In 2010, researchers published findings showing MCTs help lower your risk
of developing
metabolic syndrome, 18 which
includes a cluster
of symptoms such as abdominal obesity, high blood pressure and insulin resistance.
Previous work has linked belly fat with the development
of metabolic syndrome, a cluster
of symptoms including hypertension, unhealthy cholesterol levels and insulin resistance, which can develop into cardiovascular disease or Type 2 diabetes.