Syndrome X

Can you prevent Syndrome X and Insulin Resistance?

Obesity, heart disease, diabetes, premature aging and death are all caused by a preventable disease called Syndrome X.

What is Syndrome X and Insulin Resistance?

Syndrome X, also called insulin resistance, occurs when the hormone insulin stops working effectively. When insulin doesn't work right, most of the food we eat turns to fat instead of healthy muscle, arteries get clogged with cholesterol, blood sugar goes up causing diabetes, calcium loss from bones leads to osteoporosis and our bodies lack the energy to work at topcapacity. Insulin works effectively only when there is an adequate supply of chromium in the body. A study by the USDA shows 90% of the population lacks chromium because there isn't enough in our food and what is there doesn't get used in the body.

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