Can you eat this Food to help your Metabolic X Syndrome??
By Prof. Dr. Paul Ling Tai

Metabolic Syndrome is a Major concern Worldwide and USA because it is one of the principal cause of Diabetes Type II, Cardiovascular disease, Stroke and Dementia. You may have Metabolic syndrome if you have 3 or more of the following conditions together – 1) Increased blood pressure, 2) High blood sugar level, 3) Waist fat greater than 40 inches in men and 35 inches in women, 4) Hypertension, 5) Low HDL (the good cholesterol) and 6) High blood triglycerides .

Intake of fruits and vegetables plays an important factor to reduce these risks, and grapes have shown benefits in multiple studies such as the one performed by investigative researcher Mitchell Seymour, Ph.D. and her research team, of the University of Michigan Health System, who studied the effects of American-style diet with high fats using control study of both diets with grapes and without grapes (the control diet) to Obesity prone rats on the heart, liver, kidneys, and fat deposit tissues . The study used specific grapes – a blend of red, green and black varieties – in a freeze-dried grape powder and added into the animals’ diets for 90 days.

Specifically, the results showed a grape-enriched diet for 3 months significantly reduced inflammatory markers in the body of the animals, but most significantly in the liver and in abdominal fat tissue.  The diet enriched grapes also reduced liver, kidney and abdominal fat weight, compared with those consuming the control diet.  Additionally, the grape enriched diet increased markers of antioxidant defense in the liver and kidneys tissues of the rats.
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