There is nothing short of an epidemic silently sweeping the United States. According to the American Medical Association, 34% (more than one in three) adults now fits the criteria for the condition known as Metabolic Syndrome, which vastly increases risk of both cardiovascular disease and diabetes. For adults over the age of 50, the rate is 44% – nearly one in two. Despite the high incidence of this condition, it is not infectious in nature. You can’t catch it from your neighbor, and you can’t pass it along to your children. Nor is it something that can be simply […]
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