What is Metabolic Syndrome - Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk Factors

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What is Metabolic Syndrome - Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk Factors

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What is metabolic syndrome and what does it have to do with diabetes? Metabolic syndrome is a group of symptoms that when clustered together can increase your risk of diabetes, heart disease or stroke. Obesity, high blood pressure, a higher than normal fasting blood glucose, high triglycerides and low HDLs all figure prominently when it comes to your risk of diabetes, heart disease or strokes

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