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What is Metabolic Syndrome?

What is Metabolic Syndrome?

It’s not a single disease, but a group of related health problems: too much belly fat, high triglycerides, cholesterol trouble, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar. When you have at least three of these issues, your chances for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke are higher than they’d be with any of those health problems on their own.

Why Does Testosterone Decline?

Why Does Testosterone Decline?

What Is Testosterone and Why Does It Decline? Testosterone is a hormone. It’s what puts hair on a man’s chest. It’s the force behind his sex drive. During puberty, testosterone helps build a man’s muscles, deepens his voice, and boosts the size...
Does Inflammation Harm Your Health?

Does Inflammation Harm Your Health?

Inflammation Inside of you The word “inflammation” traces back to the Latin for “set afire.” In some conditions, like rheumatoid arthritis, you feel heat, pain, redness, and swelling. But in other cases — like heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes —...
12 Ways to Burn Belly Fat (Visceral)

12 Ways to Burn Belly Fat (Visceral)

Visceral fat is technically excess intra-abdominal adipose tissue accumulation. In other words, it’s known as a “deep” fat that’s stored further underneath the skin than “subcutaneous” belly fat. It’s a form of gel-like fat that’s actually...
What is Fatty Liver Disease ?

What is Fatty Liver Disease ?

Fatty Liver, Now what? Dr. Scumpia says: A new tool called a Fibroscan can also tell you if the fatty liver has damaged the liver to the point when it becomes stiff (fibrosis). This also means that you might require a liver biopsy since the disease may be more...