123: What Is Metabolic Syndrome?

In this episode, Dr. Steve explains the concept of metabolic syndrome, a term he's used frequently without fully defining it. He talks about how poor metabolic health, largely due to eating the wrong foods like carbs and processed products, can lead to insulin resistance and a range of health issues like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. He also emphasizes the importance of fueling the body with the right nutrients—amino acids, fatty acids, and vitamins—to keep everything functioning properly. He also shares how making simple changes to your diet by cutting out toxins and processed foods can reverse metabolic syndrome and improve your health.

 

[00:01 - 11:52] Understanding Metabolic Health and Its Impact

Metabolic health means giving your body essential nutrients for growth, repair, and energy.

Key nutrients: amino acids (protein), fatty acids (fat), vitamins, minerals, and water.

Poor metabolic health leads to diseases like type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease.

Reversal is possible: Proper nutrition can reverse conditions like type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure.

 

[07:31 - 18:21] What is Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is diagnosed with three of the following: high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high triglycerides, low HDL, or abdominal obesity.

It leads to serious health issues like fatty liver, heart disease, kidney failure, and cancer.

Proper diet, including avoiding carbs and eating real meat, can reverse metabolic damage.

The medical system often treats symptoms instead of addressing the root cause, which is poor nutrition.

 

[18:22 - 29:13] The Key Factors of Metabolic Syndrome

Blood pressure over 130/85 or medication use indicates hypertension.

Fasting blood sugar above 100 mg/dL or diabetes medication signals high blood sugar.

Triglycerides over 150 mg/dL are caused by high carbohydrate intake.

HDL cholesterol below 40 for men or 50 for women is a risk factor for metabolic syndrome.

Excess fat around the belly, greater than half your height, is linked to internal organ fat storage and disease.

 

[29:14 - 32:24] Closing Segment

          Avoid carbs to keep insulin levels low, forcing the body to burn fat for energy.

          Proper diet can reverse PCOS, erectile dysfunction, and diabetes.

          High LDL doesn't cause heart attacks.

          Treatment guidelines often favor medications over nutrition.

          Change your diet if you have any three signs of metabolic syndrome.

 

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Tweetable Quotes:

“ Medications do not cure anything, for the most part. If you're talking about antibiotics or something like that, that may cure. But most medications are only there to treat symptoms.” - Dr. Steve Hughlett

 

“ It is not high LDLs that cause cardiovascular disease. That is a scheme by the drug companies to sell statins.” - Dr. Steve Hughlett

 

“ If you keep your insulin levels low because you don't eat carbohydrates, so you're not putting glucose in your blood, you keep your insulin levels low, fat doesn't increase your insulin levels at all, and protein does just a tiny bit. Keeping them low, that forces you to eat the fat out of your fat cells and also off of your organs.” - Dr. Steve Hughlett

 

“ Metabolic syndrome is when you have any three of these following five things. If you have high blood pressure,  if you have high fasting blood sugar,  if you have high triglycerides.  If you have low HDLs, which is the good cholesterol, or if you have increased abdominal obesity, you have a lot of fat around your midsection.  If you have any 3 of these 5 things, you are considered to have metabolic syndrome.” - Dr. Steve Hughlett