Functional & Nutritional Medicine

The Metabolic Syndrome
The medical journal Diabetes Care in 2004 stated, “Individuals in the upper normal-weight and slightly overweight BMI range (i.e. BMI of 24-27) have a relatively high prevalence and are at increased risk of having the metabolic syndrome. Therefore, screening in individuals with normal or slightly elevated BMI is important in the prevention of [...]

Lifestyle Treatment for Metabolic Syndrome
The Metabolic Syndrome consists of having any 3 out of these 5 criteria:

elevated blood sugar greater than 100 mg/dl),
blood pressure >130/85),
triglycerides >150 mg/dl),
waist circumference over 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women measured at the level of the belly button
low LDL below 40 mg/dl for men [...]

The Metabolic Syndrome consists of having any 3 out of these 5 criteria: elevated blood sugar (>100 mg/dl), blood pressure (>130/85), triglycerides (>150 mg/dl), waist circumference (over 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women measured at the level of the belly button) and low LDL (<40 mg/dl for men , <50 [...]

Many medical studies over the past decade recommend the Mediterranean diet for Metabolic Syndrome. The most authentic version of the Mediterranean Diet originally came from the island of Crete. It consists of beans and other legumes, nuts and seeds, vegetables and fruits, limited dairy such as low fat cottage cheese, yogurt, ricotta and mozzarella cheese, [...]

According to the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects about 70 million adults in the U.S. or 30% of the adult population. About 20 % of these individuals have the more severe form called non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH. NAFLD is emerging as a major cause of chronic liver disease and [...]