Four different conditions associated with metabolic syndrome — high blood pressure, high blood triglycerides, low “good” cholesterol and insulin resistance — are linked to a higher risk of heart attack and stroke.
“Each of them is bad, and taken together, they are really bad,” says study author John Ninomiya, a doctoral candidate in epidemiology at the University of California at San Diego.
“Metabolic syndrome contributes to the risk of both myocardial infarction and stroke in both men and women,” says Dr. Michael Criqui, a professor and vice chairman of the department of family and preventive medicine at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine. “It’s highly significant. There are no exceptions to the rule, if you will.”
“The implications are huge, in the sense that it is estimated that conservatively that approximately 25 percent of the U.S. adult population has metabolic syndrome and it increases with age. When you have people over 40, it’s as many as 40 percent,” adds Dr. Prakash Deedwania, author of an accompanying editorial and chief of cardiology at VA Central California Health Care System in Fresno. “With the aging of America, a lot of people are going to be in that age group and you can expect that this will lead to a new epidemic.”
Metabolic syndrome is diagnosed when a person has at least three of these five conditions: insulin resistance (high blood sugar), abdominal obesity based on waist circumference, high blood pressure, low “good” HDL cholesterol and high “bad” LDL or total cholesterol.
Having this syndrome doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke. High triglycerides increased the odds of having a heart attack or stroke by 66 percent, while high blood pressure raised the odds by 44 percent. Insulin resistance elevated the risk by 30 percent and low HDL (”good”) cholesterol by 35 percent.
-Circulation
Dr. Keith and Laurie Nemec comments:
The more we throw our physical body out of balance, the more we are throwing our mind and emotions out of balance.  Also, the more we throw our mind and emotions out of balance, the more it affects our physical health.
          This study shows how the more factors that are present in poor physical health; high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol and being overweight lead to greater chance of decrease mental function ability.  This means how you care for the temple of God’s Spirit (your body) reflects on your ability to think.  Studies have showed that these factors can increase dementia risk and risk of neurological disease like Alzheimer’s.  When you do not live the 7 Basic Steps to Total Health everyday, you open the door to physical, mental/emotional dysfunction and disease.  Do the 7 Basic Steps everyday and watch dysfunction and disease go away, and even better, prevent them from ever coming.
Most all that are living a normal American life are breaking all or most all of the (7 Basic Steps to Total Health) which are:
1.     Air—you are not deep diaphragm breathing to oxygenate your body.
2.     Water—you are not drinking 32 ounces of distilled water per 50/lbs per body weight per day.
3.     Food—you are not consuming a diet of living/raw plant food which has the highest energy, bioelectricity, enzymes and bioavailable nutrient content to either maintain or restore your health.
4.     Sleep—you are not sleeping 9.5 hours with 3.5 of them before midnight.
5.     Exercise—you are not exercising 30 minutes every day.
6.     Fasting—you are not fasting from the normal Standard American Diet (SAD).
7.     Prayer—you are taking the time throughout your day to regularly still your mind so you can hear the voice of God spoken into your heart.
So, how can you change and overcome symptoms, conditions or disease?  Start planting the 7 Basic Steps to Total Health everyday and you will see them start to grow and eventually reap the harvest of Total Health of Body, Mind and Spirit. 
          The other fact that was interesting in these articles was that the more of these factors of imbalance you have, the greater the risk of disease and these factors combined exponentially not additively.  Another study showed liver disease rose exponentially (from 1 to 99 fold) with each of the four components of metabolic syndrome.
          Isn’t it time for you to make a change in your total health today.  Your body, mind and emotions are desperately looking for that change.

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