Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Insulin Resistance - Jack Challem

Syndrome X, marked by increasing insulin resistance which can lead to diabetes and heart disease, is a condition which may affect 60 million North Americans, most of them over the age of 40. Now two experts on the topic present cutting-edge information how to use antioxidants to prevent this problem. \nYou can feel great again \nSyndrome X proactively lays out a nutritious, tasty, and simple diet plan to get us back to the basics of healthy nutrition.-Lendon H. Smith, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Feed Your Body Right \n \nSyndrome X is the best new book to help you understand the facts about nutrition, health, and aging. . . . It is full of new information and insights most readers have never had access to before. Everyone who values his or her health will want to read the book and then individualize the program to suit his or her needs-the authors have made this easier than ever to do.-Richard A. Kunin, M.D., author of Mega-Nutrition \n \nWhat is Syndrome X? It's a resistance to insulin-the hormone needed to burn food for energy-combined with high cholesterol or triglycerides, high blood pressure, or too much body fat. Syndrome X ages you prematurely and significantly increases your risk of heart disease, hypertension, obesity, eye disease, nervous system disorders, diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer, and other age-related diseases. \n \nSyndrome X is the first book to tell you how to fight the epidemic disorder that is derailing the health of nearly a third of North Americans. It outlines a complete three-step program-including easy-to-follow diets, light physical activity, and readily available vitamins and nutritional supplements-that will safeguard you against developing Syndrome X or reverse it if you already have it.\n