in today's video we are going to be answering the question can you have metabolic syndrome
without being overweight and if you do have metabolic syndrome
what can you do about it now for a lot of people when they hear the term
metabolic syndrome they automatically assume it can only be applied to someone who is overweight
but that might not actually be the case you can have poor metabolic health and the greater
disease risk that comes along with that and be what is considered a healthy body weight but how
can you know if you have metabolic syndrome or not if you're not overweight and if you do have
it what can you do to reverse it we're going to answer these questions and more in today's video
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to say that today's video is sponsored by all of healthcare's new bellow 2 digital body fat
analyzer this device accurately measures your body fat as well as the amount of visceral fat in your
midsection we'll get into why this is relevant for metabolic syndrome later in this video
but if you want to check out the bello 2 you can click the link in the description box down below
so let's start off by talking about what metabolic syndrome is and how you can still have it if
you're not overweight and then we will get into how you can track your metabolic health at home
and make sure to stick around until the end because i'm going to be giving you
my number one top tip for how to reverse metabolic syndrome so metabolic syndrome is a name given to
a group of symptoms that increase your disease risk that means your disease risk for type 2
diabetes for heart disease and just about any other chronic modern day illness you can think
of and of course when you have multiple of these symptoms it increases your disease risk even more
to be officially diagnosed with metabolic syndrome you have to have three of the five key symptoms
a large waist circumference high blood sugar high blood pressure low hdl cholesterol
and high triglycerides as you can see only one of these symptoms is directly related to your weight
and that is the large waist circumference you could be lean but have low hdl high blood pressure
and high triglycerides and therefore have metabolic syndrome so although you might
look healthy your metabolic health could be suffering now i want to mention that the reason
that there is such a focus on waist circumference specifically and not total
body weight or bmi is because there's an even more prominent relationship between visceral fat
and poor metabolic health visceral fat is a type of fat that is stored around our organs
in our abdomen and it is different to subcutaneous fat which can be stored anywhere in the body when
fat gets stored as visceral fat it produces inflammatory markers which lead to chronic
inflammation and chronic disease subcutaneous fat does not do this and having some amount of
subcutaneous fat on your body is actually healthy this is your body's stored energy
for women having between 21 to 33 is considered healthy and for men between 8 to 20 percent
and this is why visceral fat is key to measure when you're looking at metabolic health so how you
can tell if you have visceral fat or subcutaneous fat is visceral fat is hard to the touch and you
can't pinch it think of the stereotypical beer belly this is visceral fat whereas subcutaneous
fat is squishy and you can pinch it so if you're overweight it might be obvious what type of fat
you are mainly carrying but if you're lean not so much because someone who is lean can
actually have a significant amount of visceral fat but it's all just inside around their organs
and even someone who's overweight and their top layer of fat is squishy they might be carrying a
lot of visceral fat internally so how can you tell how much visceral fat you are carrying
if it isn't always obvious from the inside well that is why i am so excited to be working with all
of healthcare on today's video and introducing to you the bellow 2. now i've been using
the original bellow for probably a bit over a year now to measure the amount of subcutaneous
and visceral fat i'm carrying in my midsection i have now upgraded to the bellow 2 and i think
this is such a handy tool for anyone who is wanting to take control of their metabolic health
the bellow 2 has all the features of the original bellow and more not only does the bellow 2 measure
the amount of visceral fat in your midsection but it also measures body fat in other areas as well
it uses near infrared technology and is far more accurate than digital scales that measure
body composition now the original bellow was already pretty accurate with studies
showing it to be just as accurate as a ct scan but the bellow 2 is even more accurate
this device can help you to measure and track the amount of visceral fat you have
which can help you to track whether your metabolic syndrome is getting worse or better even if you
are not seeing a reduction in your total weight on the scale if you are seeing a reduction in
visceral fat you know that your metabolic health is improving the device is super easy to use
you just start the app and follow the prompts on the screen and within three seconds you're going
to get a reading on the app of your visceral fat level and your total body fat percentage
and remember you can have what is considered to be a normal waist circumference and still
be carrying a lot of visceral fat which is why i think the bellow 2 can be so helpful
the bellow 1 only had 2 spots on the body you could scan both on your midsection but the bello
2 has 5 spots including your arm and leg allowing you to track your body fat in other areas as well
and the bello 2 app also comes with a special body shape and wellness program
called 9 block therapy which allows you to set goals and offers recommendations tailored to you
and another really cool feature is you can have up to four users using one device so you don't
have to worry about sharing it with someone and your data getting mixed up you can both
use your own app on your own phone the device is fcc registered radiation free and non-evasive so
you can feel confident knowing it is safe to use i highly recommend the bello 2 for anyone
who is wanting to take control of their metabolic health to check it out you can click the link in
the description box down below thank you again to all of healthcare for sponsoring this video
and now before i wrap up i wanted to give you my number one tip for reversing metabolic
syndrome but when i was thinking about it there's actually two tips i want to give you that i think
are both equally beneficial the first one is to reduce the amount of processed food in your diet
and make sure you're focusing your meals around whole foods instead and there are a couple
reasons why this is particularly beneficial for metabolic syndrome and visceral fat reducing the
amount of fructose and high fructose corn syrup especially in your diet is one of the main reasons
excess fructose tends to get stored as visceral fat whereas excess glucose tends to get stored
as subcutaneous fat and this is added to so many products even those products that are branded as
healthy granola bars salad dressings of course pop as well reducing your intake of these foods can be
extremely beneficial for your metabolic health even more so than reducing calories overall here's
one example of this one study had children replace fructose in their diets with starches instead
there was no change to their calorie input and not even to macros as both fructose and starch
are forms of carbohydrates within only 10 days their visceral fat had reduced by an average of
10 percent 10 reduction in 10 days that's huge and like i said no change to calories and no change to
macros my second tip is to shorten your feeding window during the day aka start to incorporate
some intermittent fasting into your routine so basically you don't want to be eating from
the moment you wake up until the moment you go to sleep aim to fast so not eat for at least 12 hours
a day this means if you finish your last meal at 8 pm do not eat again until 8 am the next day
if you want to work up to 16 hours of fasting a day even better but shortening
your feeding window even a little bit can be extremely beneficial fasting improves insulin
sensitivity which helps the cells in your body to better manage your blood sugar which in turn
helps to improve metabolic health now i won't get too into intermittent fasting in today's video
but i'm going to link another one up above if you want to know more anyways guys that's all i have
for you today let me know in the comment section down below if you knew it was possible to have
metabolic syndrome without being overweight i love chatting with you guys in the comments section and
it really helps to support my video when you leave a comment so thank you in advance if you take the
time to do that and remember to check out the bellow 2 by clicking the link in the description
box down below thank you guys so much for watching if you did enjoy this video you might also enjoy
my video on nine ways to reduce visceral fat specifically you can check it out here if you want
to catch up on my most recent upload you can find it here and if you want to check out my keto diet
and carnivorous coaching programs you can find those here thanks guys i'll see you next time bye