Metabolic syndrome is characterized by a cluster of risk factors leading to cardiovascular disease. Recognizing metabolic syndrome symptoms is important because, if caught, future problems can be prevented. According to MedicineNet.com, metabolic syndrome symptoms include insulin resistance, high blood pressure, cholesterol abnormalities, and an increased risk for blood clotting. Normally patients with metabolic syndrome are either obese or overweight.

You may be diagnosed with metabolic syndrome if your waste size is a circumference of 40 inches or above for men and 35 inches or above for women. This does vary by race. In addition, blood glucose fasting levels of over 100 mg/dL is an indication of the syndrome as well as high cholesterol levels. To bring about a diagnosis, you must have three or more disorders, but if you have one you usually have the rest too.

Even having one of these components means your health is at risk. Each …

Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) is characterized by: obesity, or regional adiposity (the accumulation of fat in certain parts of the body, usually the neck), insulin resistance (IR), ad laminitis in horses and ponies. EMS is thought to be genetic with certain breeds of horses more predisposed than others. These horses are referred to as “easy keepers” because they are efficient at using calories and require less dietary maintenance than other horses to maintain their body weight. Breeds that have evolved to live in harsh conditions, such as Morgans, Peruvian Pasos, Paso Fino, Spanish Mustang, and warm bloods, are particularly susceptible. Typical cases of EMS are diagnosed in horses between the ages of eight and eighteen. A hypothesis for the onset of obesity in horses is the production of cortisol by fat cells, interfering with the function of insulin. Equine metabolic syndrome symptoms include a crest of fat on the neck, …