Coming home from the doctor’s office with a metabolic syndrome diagnosis is nothing to throw a party about, but there is a positive aspect to it. Metabolic syndrome is becoming more common in the United states with each passing year, and the frightening thing about it is that many times those that have metabolic syndrome aren’t aware that they have it. So a metabolic syndrome diagnosis can be a good thing as it allows you to begin doing something about it.

What is a Metabolic Disorder Syndrome?

Simply put, metabolic syndrome is a medical name for a group of risk factors that increase the risk for stroke, cardiovascular diseases, and type 2 diabetes.  Nobody is certain if there is a single cause or not, but obesity is the root cause of all the risk factors. Since many people are obese, it may not occur to them to seek …