One of the most important things in medicine is recognizing who has special nutritional needs and who doesn’t.
For example, what if I told you that people with certain laboratory and clinical findings required more intake of a particular vitamin?
Well, that’s exactly the case for people with metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a combination of five different conditions. The first one is abdominal weight gain. This is the so-called “apple shape” body in which the weight gain is limited to the abdominal area. The second is having a high triglyceride level. The third criteria is having a low HDL cholesterol level. Number four is high blood pressure. And number five is having a fasting blood sugar over 100. If you have any three of these conditions, you have metabolic syndrome. One of the major reasons why metabolic syndrome is so important is because it can lead to heart disease and diabetes.
In this study, the researchers looked at 10 healthy men and women and 10 men and women with metabolic syndrome. The first thing they did was to measure their vitamin E blood levels. Sure enough, those with metabolic syndrome had lower levels. Then they gave them all a vitamin E supplement and measured how well they absorbed the vitamin.
Once again, the people with metabolic syndrome did not do as well. They were unable to absorb the vitamin as well. This is not very surprising since the condition is associated with greater inflammation and oxidative stress. And that limits the absorption and/or impairs the processing of various nutrients in the liver. This is the same reason why people with metabolic syndrome are much more susceptible to having a condition called fatty liver. So if you have metabolic syndrome, here is some really good advice.
First, get a copy of my book The Type-2 Diabetes Breakthrough and get on the program. Metabolic syndrome is 100% curable, but it won’t happen by accident. It takes some direction and effort. Not only does the book recommend liver remedies, but it will also recommend extra vitamin E and other nutrients that people with metabolic syndrome are in special need of.
Sources:
Mah, E., T.N. Sapper, et al. “α-Tocopherol bioavailability is lower in adults with metabolic syndrome regardless of dairy fat co-ingestion: a randomized, double-blind, crossover trial.” Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 November;102(5):1070-80.