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Metabolic syndrome: An emerging epidemic

Wouldnt you think it would be newsworthy if you had a certain condition that meant you would have a 728 percent higher risk of developing adult onset diabetes? What about if the same condition gave you a 171 percent higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease? What if this condition was...

By Joe Miller | Updated on October 04, 2011

It seems there’s a new study every day that vilifies some part of your everyday life and makes you think that you’ve been doing all of the wrong things to your body.

One day it’s eggs, the next day it’s corn syrup, the next it’s aspirin, and then it’s plastic water bottles. I recently heard that a person didn’t want to join a company-sponsored smoking cessation program because of the side effects they heard on the news. So, I decided to do a little research on this assertion and see if there was actually any scientific support to these claims or if this was just a case of the media sensationalizing an issue. What I found out was astounding.

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