The Health Risk Of Being Overweight

If you are Carrying extra pounds, you are tempting fate in more ways than one.  Overall, being  obese significantly  increases  your  risk  of  developing  the  metabolic  syndrome  and  all  its  potential complications. It  is  so  important  that  you  understand  this  condition  that is why I have decided to write about it.  Without  an  understanding  of   the  abnormal  changes  in  your  chemistry,  it  will  be  impossible  for  you  to  comprehend  why  controlling  carbs  is  a  key  to  prevention  of  diabetes.  Being  overweight  also  is  implicated  in  gallbladder  disease,  a  number  of  forms  of   cancer,  osteoarthritis, asthma, sleep apnea, breathing  difficulties,  complication  of  pregnancy,  polycystic   ovary syndrome[pcos],  and  increased  surgical  risk. 
I  you’re  overweight  and  also  have  low  HDL cholesterol  and  high    triglycerides, there’s  a pretty  good  chance  that  you’re  also  insulin resistant  and  could  be well  on  your  way  to prediabetes   or  diabetes.  Add in high blood  pressure  or  any  other  diabetes  risk  factor and the  odd are  even  greater.  Even  if  you’re  not  yet  insulin  resistant  and  have  normal cholesterol  and  blood  pressure,  you’re  still  not  immune  to  diabetes  and  other  health  problems. The  following  table  gives  you  a  good  idea  of  exactly  how  your  risk  for  a  number of  chronic  diseases   increases  if  you’re  overweight  or  obese,  compared  with  your  risk  if  your  weight  is  normal [BMI  of  24.9  or  less ]

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