so I'm sure we've all heard about the term metabolic syndrome floating around
especially in the Quito community and today I want to take a few minutes to
talk about what it is and why we should be paying attention to it because there
are actually things that we need to know so that we can make changes in our life
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been hearing this term metabolic syndrome kind of thrown around and when
I first heard it I wasn't exactly sure what it was and now the more that I've
learned about it the more I realized that people talk about metabolic
syndrome but not in a way that really helps us to understand what it is why we
should be concerned about it and actually if there is anything we can do
about it what we should be trying to do about it
metabolic syndrome I'm gonna give you what doctors are looking for to start
this off you need three out of five symptoms to be classified as having
metabolic syndrome so if you have excess weight around your midsection that's one
of the symptoms if you're fasting glucose is more than 5.6 that's another
symptom having high blood pressure another one of the symptoms
triglycerides over 1.5 and the final one is if you have HDL less than one so if
you have three out of the five symptoms you would be classified of having
metabolic syndrome what's really important for us to understand about
metabolic syndrome so those five symptoms all five of those symptoms are
caused by insulin resistance so right away the number one piece of information
that you need to have that you're probably not getting from your doctor is
that you have insulin resistance automatically if you have metabolic
syndrome now what's also frustrating is that
because all five of those symptoms are caused by insulin resistance even having
one of them would suggest that very likely you have insulin resistance and
insulin resistance is something that we absolutely can address and absolutely
should be addressing as early as we know that it's present what's important from
a psychological point of view is that our ideas about those five symptoms have
become watered down over the past twenty years
it really isn't at all strange to see someone with a large midsection we
walked down the street probably every seventh person has a large Missis room
male and female it's very normal in our society to see people who have large mid
sections because they're overweight so these two things kind of go together but
it's even very normal in our society to see thin people with large midsections
if you're male you're being told that you have a beer belly and if you're
female usually it's accredited to the fact that
you've had children but in reality we don't blink at the fact that we often
are large around the middle now here's the problem being large around the
middle is not automatic it's not something that has to be there and I
remember being young before I had my children talking to friends and it was
the expectation that after we have children we would probably have a hard
time losing the weight and that you know being large especially having that
stomach because you've had children what seemed to be normal but part of the
problem is that if I think something's normal then not only do I not fight
against it but I almost encourage it to happen right because my expectation is
that it will be there and then when it starts to happen to me I allow it to be
there because well it's normal everybody gains weight when they have children and
everybody has a big middle section after they've had children and it just becomes
something that you think is supposed to be there
if I'm if I'm told that you know when you get
old of course you're gonna be heavier and you're gonna have a bigger man then
it's just something that you decide well that's just my destiny if I believe
something has to happen I will let it happen now the other four are a bit more
difficult to understand why they've become accepted and normal in our
society but okay here's part of it our fasting glucose being over five point
six why is that seen as normal like why are we not concerned when our fasting
glucose is five point one or five point two why does it need to be six or six
point something before we're concerned about it well part of the problem is
that when our fasting glucose starts to be higher oftentimes we're told by our
doctor it's not a problem yet so it's not a problem yet but that means the
problem is coming we are so used in our society that if the doctor says it's not
a problem yet that means I'm okay when actually that's not what it means if the
doctor says it's not a problem yet what it means is that currently I'm not in
danger but the yet part means that I could become in danger I've been told on
many different occasions for different medical things from my doctor it's not a
problem yet my reaction is always okay how do I stop them from becoming a
problem the other issue that I see there is that often especially when it comes
to the onset so the approach of diabetes doctors are not giving good information
about how to stop it from being a problem so for example I'm very aware
that when my mother was diagnosed with her pre-diabetes situation so basically
her glucose levels were elevated and my mother had that conversation what she
was told was a it was not a problem yet but also be just reduce your sugars and
unfortunately my issue with that statement is that telling the average
person who does a typical standard American diet standard Canadian diet to
just reduce your sugars doesn't drive home the need to reduce the amount of
rice you're eating we are from the Caribbean we have rice
six days on seven it doesn't drive home the need to cut down bread something
that my mom eats and our whole family was eating it doesn't cut drive home
they need to cut down most of the pasta on the seventh day it doesn't talk about
the need to drop down these car be heavy foods potatoes carrots fruit all things
that we eat eat daily so one of the issues that I have is that we are used
to living a lifestyle where we have elevated glucose numbers because when
our doctor sees those elevated glucose numbers first of all they tell us it's
not a problem yet but second of all they tell us drop your sugar down rather than
being very specific and very you know clear and giving a list of these are the
foods that you really should try to avoid since your sugar seems to be going
right be more specific I would love to see doctors be more specific on how
people can address that their glucose numbers the other thing that's very
frustrating is that we know that by the time you get a diagnosis of diabetes
you've been living with insulin resistance and pre-diabetes for at least
10 years maybe even some people longer than that and so why we wait until the
person needs medication before addressing what you could do naturally
to diminish the need for medication is a very frustrating situation that we all
live in but again it comes back to its normal in our society we see high
glucose doctors see it every day it's normal right but it's not that's the
problem having high glucose numbers is actually not normal and this is what I'm
trying to help everyone to understand because if I get my glucose numbers back
to the normal range I eventually end up in a situation where I'm not having to
manage a diabetic situation and I can live my life normally now triglycerides
high blood pressure and HDL are even more tricky first of all triglycerides
and HDL and also glucose numbers we need a doctor to to take that measurement for
us because most of us don't have the ability to take that measurement at home
especially the glucose numbers before we come diabetic we don't usually have that
machinery at home blood pressure most of us don't have a blood pressure machine
at home so we go to the doctor we get all this information taken then we get
feedback again what's a really difficult is that like if if I take my blood
pressure right now I have a cursory knowledge that 120 over 80 is normal but
I have no idea when the number becomes problematic
like is it 130 is it 135 is it 140 over is it 85 95 100 like I really don't know
what over what is when it becomes problematic right and so the thing is is
that when we're sitting in front of the doctor and the doctors looking at this
information and says oh it's not a problem yet most of us don't have enough
medical knowledge to challenge what the doctor saying and to say oh that sounds
like that number is not great now because we don't have that knowledge we
run with whatever the doctor says and you know the doctor might give us some
advice like maybe you should exercise more maybe you should do this for that
to try to work on it right but maybe you should exercise more versus you need to
work your heart muscle so we want you doing some cardio it's completely
different right it's a different statement I feel that the medical
profession because we've gotten used to seeing people in these situations
because of the way we've been eating is not being strict enough with us to help
us to make the choices and decisions that we need to make I might learn that
my blood pressure's a little high and because I'm not a doctor I'm not gonna
make the link to oh wait that means I have influence and that has to do with
how much carbs am eating the average person isn't going to make that link the
average person isn't going to go oh my God my HDL is a little low
that means I have insulin resistance and that's related to how much cars I'm
eating the average person is going to do that even though it's exactly what it
means because insulin resistance causes all five of the symptoms it doesn't
become a problem for the doctor until it's time to give you medication but by
that point now I'm doing something that well I know personally I wouldn't want
to be doing I rather change my diet than take
medication when is my opportunity to change my diet and see this is the thing
I need to know that it's my diet causing the problem for me to even have the
opportunity to change my diet so what's gonna happen you're gonna get diagnosed
with metabolic syndrome alright the doctor might throw that term
out to you and you're gonna do what we all do you're gonna go home
you're gonna County internet you're gonna say what's metabolic syndrome and
when you get on the internet and you see you're gonna see metabolic syndrome is a
cluster of symptoms that predict a risk factor for heart disease stroke and type
2 diabetes and all of a sudden you've now been put in the position of
realizing that oh my god I'm on the road to heart attack stroke or type 2
diabetes what's continues to be frustrating to me is that when you do
that internet research that I did because I want to see what will I see
with I look up metabolic syndrome you get the scary part of the information
but you don't get the information that says it's caused by insulin resistance
and can be solved by reducing the amount of carbohydrates that you eat so now
what's happening to me I'm at home I'm reading this information and I'm scared
and what am i likely to do sure gonna take that medication and lower my blood
pressure or that medication to lower my in my glucose numbers or I'm going to
take that medication to move my triglycerides in my right my HD I'm
gonna take the medication because I know what heart disease is I know what a
stroke is and I know what diabetes is and I don't want any of those things but
once again what have I just done I just complicated
my life because now I'm taking a medication to solve something that food
could solve why is this important well because those medications have side
effects so I'm taking a medication to solve a problem that was brought on by
the way I was eating and at no point am I looking at the way that I'm eating and
trying to change the way I'm eating to solve the problem and what I want
everyone to understand is that we can solve high blood pressure extra weight
around the midsection high triglycerides low HDL and high glucose numbers with a
proper diet that follows along the needs of people so humans eating low carb
eating moderate protein and fat you can undo insulin resistance we can actually
solve that and when we solve insulin resistance we solve those five markers
that we're putting us in a metabolic syndrome situation I need to know that
in order to actually address my food and the worst part is when I hear my doctor
say it's a little high but or for HDL it's a little low but if I already know
that metabolic syndrome symptoms are caused
by insulin resistance when I hear my doctor say that my numbers are off all
of a sudden I'm now aware I must have the beginnings of insulin resistance or
actually have insulin resistance and I need to address my food we need to be
wellness warriors and focus our time energy effort on the things that are
going to keep us healthy that means we need knowledge we need information about
what it is we're supposed to be eating we need information about how the food
affects our meta metabolic issues and so our how the food affects our body weight
how the food of affect but especially midsection midsection is important
because when you have a large midsection what is actually telling you is that
because of your insulin resistance carbohydrates are being turned into fat
and being stored in places that are not supposed to have fat around your liver
around your pancreas right it's being stored there that's why your midsection
is is getting large if I don't understand that that's what's happening
I don't understand that this is a problem and I treat it like oh it's just
because I had a baby or it's just because I drink a lot of alcohol which
alcohol can affect that too but is that's not a better reason right it's
still causing is still creating the scenario of insulin resistance take your
health seriously understand what is causing medibot understand metabolic
syndrome first and foremost and understand what's causing metabolic
syndrome so that you can make better choices for you when the doctor says
your blood pressure is a little high now you know what it means that you know
that very likely that means I'm gonna I mean barking on an insulin resistance
situation and I can go home and adjust my carbohydrate intake and if I do it
early enough I might be able to do low carb rather than needing to do keto or
carnivore right if I do it early enough I can change my story change my
situation before it's problematic 125 grams or less is still a heck of a lot
more than 20 grams of less or less and it's really a lot more than 0 grams of
carbs per day if I can do low carb and maintain a healthier lifestyle maintain
my blood glucose levels maintain my blood pressure maintain my HDL
triglycerides if I can do all of that with low carb starting that low carb
lifestyle earlier in life will really be beneficial to me and at the end of the
day honestly if you need to do keto it's not that difficult it really isn't
but it's what are you planning to invest in are you invested in yourself your
life your health your ability to see those grandchildren your ability to
go play golf or basketball or whatever it is that you love to do are you ready
to invest in you and live the life you want to live that's a real question I
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