Is Syndrome X The Reason You Cannot Lose Weight?

People with the metabolic imbalance called syndrome X lose weight much more slowly than people who don’t have syndrome X.

Syndrome X is also known as insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome or pre-diabetes. It occurs when the hormone insulin (made by the pancreas), starts to lose its effectiveness. That means insulin doesn’t do a good job of getting glucose into your cells where it can be burnt off for energy. Instead, much of the sugar and carbohydrate rich foods you eat are turned into fat and stored on your body. Some of that fat gets stored in your liver too, where it slows down the metabolic functions of this vital organ. Having a fatty liver makes it even harder to lose weight.

Sugar is addictive for many people, and most of us are habituated to use a lot of sugar in our daily lives.  We add it to beverages, we drink sodas, we crave candy and ice-cream.
Excess sugar makes us overweight quicker than anything else does. Forget fat, that’s not nearly as fattening as sugar, even though fat has twice the calories.

Sugar is much more fattening because it raises insulin and insulin is the most powerful fat storing hormone in the body.

The only scientific and effective solution is to lower insulin levels; that will get you into the fat burning zone.

Effective ways to lower insulin levels and therefore lose weight:

• Follow a lower carbohydrate eating plan, like in my book “I Can’t Lose Weight!…And I Don’t Know Why”.
• Exercise regularly.  A combination of aerobic exercise, that makes you huff and puff and muscle strengthening exercise is best.
• Take a supplement containing a combination of the minerals chromium and magnesium, and the herbs gymnema and bitter melon.  This will help you get faster results and make the diet easier to stick to because you will feel less hungry. These ingredients help to lower insulin.
• Make sure you are not deficient in omega 3 fats.  If you don’t regularly eat oily fish (eg. sardines, salmon, herrings, mackerel, pilchards), you may need to take an omega 3 fish oil supplement. Omega 3 fats are essential for your body and they actually help you burn body fat more effectively. People who take an omega 3 oil supplement regularly, such as fish oil actually lose more weight than people who don’t. Read more.
• Get regular good quality sleep.  Lack of sleep slows your metabolism and makes it more likely you’ll crave sugar.
• Consuming a quality protein powder is a great weight to lower insulin as protein promotes satiety, stabilizes blood sugar and helps you achieve a healthy weight.

The above statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease.