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Carbohydrate Intake and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that occur together, including

increased blood pressure
high blood sugar
excess body fat around the waist, and
abnormal cholesterol or triglyceride levels.
Having just one of these conditions doesn’t mean you have metabolic syndrome but as you develop more of these conditions, your risk of complications such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease, rises higher and higher.

Research shows that the more carbohydrates you eat, the more likely you are to have metabolic syndrome:

  • for every 5% intake of energy from carbohydrates, the increase in the risk of metabolic syndrome goes up by 2.6%.

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