metabolic syndrome is one of the twin epidemics that lead to Cardiovascular Disease. You might know it by this name . It is called Insulin Resistance, and Syndrome X better known as Type II Diabetes There are many lifestyles changes that can be employed for the treatment of Pre Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Metabolic Syndrome.
In my Connecticut office at Connecticut Integrative Medical Center I am proud to be working with two exceptional naturopathic doctors that I also taught at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturpathic Medicine
Drs Ryan Attar and Emma Cooke. Dr. Attar has been LIVING and THRIVING with diabetes for 12 years and will help you achieve non-diabetic blood glucose, A1c and weight loss goals. Dr. Attar is extremely passionate about nutrition & diabetes. He is very active in the TypeOneGrit online diabetes community, a group that was studied in 2018 in the journal Pediatrics.
Dr Attar will find this study interesting.
We know that replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats as part of an overall healthy dietary pattern has been shown to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease. Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae) oil (BNO) has been suggested to benefit cardiovascular health, according to the authors in a study published in HerbalGram of the American Botanical Council.
The purpose of this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was to assess the effects of BNO and soy (Glycine max, Fabaceae) bean oil (SO), which is widely used by the Brazilian population in culinary preparation, on cardiovascular disease risk factors in patients with metabolic syndrome.
I was surprised by the results. I expected that BNO would help with lipids, but it did not. So all nut oils are not good. It was demonstrated in the study that BNO increased triglycerides and decreased HDL cholesterol, and that SO increased LDL and total cholesterol levels. The authors speculate that these adverse changes in blood lipids may have been linked with menopause More needs to be studied regarding nut oils.