The Case Of Syndrome X by Namita Nayyar

Because these conditions occur in a cluster, the steps you take to bring one of the conditions into a healthy range will likely improve the others.

1.If you're overweight,try to lose some extra kilos.Losing up to 10 or 15 percent of your current body weight can bring blood pressure down and increase your cells' sensitivity to insulin.

2.If you are sedantry, engage in some vigorous physical activity for 30 minutes or more a day,3-5 times a week . Exercise is an important component of weight loss. It also raises HDL blood levels, even without weight loss. A sedantry lifestyle is responsible for about 25 percent of the effect of syndrome X.

3.Aim for a diet moderately low in fat and concentrated sweets or one that has 20% calories as fat, if not more. The Dietary Guidelines recommend to eat 55 percent of total calories from carbohydrates, primarily complex carbohydrates. The key words here are "complex carbohydrates," such as grains, beans and vegetables, rather than sweets and desserts, and the total number of calories being consumed--just enough to maintain or achieve desirable weight.

4. In case if pharmacological intervention is required your doctor might prescribe blood pressure medications which will improve insulin sensitivity and have no adverse effects on blood lipids, blood sugar medicines which improve insulin sensitivity and blood lipid levels, blood pressure treatments may be particularly beneficial for the kidneys of women with diabetes

5. Other factors include cessation of smoking, and moderation of alcohol intake .

This approach to caring for women with the insulin resistance syndrome, that of comprehensive evaluation and risk factor management, is essential if we are to meet and overcome the real health danger which accompanies this constellation of metabolic abnormalities—cardiovascular disease.

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BIO:

Namita Nayyar is a President & fitness trainer,Women Fitness(http://www.womenfitness.net) with a sound background of Normal & therapeutic Nutrition

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