Health Tip: Are You at Risk for Metabolic Syndrome?

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Metabolic syndrome, sometimes called pre-diabetes, is a group of risk factors that increase your risk of heart disease.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says metabolic syndrome includes:

• Having excess abdominal fat, which increases the circumference of your waist.
• Having high levels of fatty triglycerides in the blood.
• Having low levels of HDL (“good”) cholesterol.
• Having high blood pressure.
• Having a high fasting blood sugar.

Source: HealthDay

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