| You think to yourself, âHow did this | | | | also known as Metabolic Syndrome or Insulin |
| happen to me?â You are in your | | | | Resistance Syndrome, is increasing each year. |
| 40âs. You are at the doctorâs | | | | According to the American Heart Association, |
| office, and she is telling you that you suffer from | | | | 20-25 percent of adults in the United States have |
| Syndrome X. Youâre not even sure you | | | | this syndrome. |
| heard the doctor correctly. Syndrome X? It | | | | Now you are thinking that there must have been |
| sounds like a superhero. She proceeds to tell you | | | | some warning signs. There were. They came on |
| more about this Syndrome X. Itâs | | | | slowly. You became paunchy around the middle, |
| definitely not a superhero â more like a | | | | kind of like a potbelly. You figured you were just |
| super killer. | | | | getting older. |
| You are not alone. The incidence of Syndrome X, | | | | |