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Reducing Your Risk of Metabolic Syndrome
December 5, 2008
Losing belly fat isn’t the only way to reduce the risk of developing metabolic syndrome. A study of more than 5000 Illinois adults found that those who got adequate aerobic exercise (at least 30 minutes of moderate activity such as walking on most days of the week) were 85% less likely to have Metabolic Syndrome than their more inactive counterparts.
Also of interest: men and women who said they did not regularly consume calcium-rich foods had a 61% higher risk of developing metabolic syndrome than their calcium-consuming counterparts. I continue to recommend 1000 mg of calcium a day as being optimally healthy for most people.
(As reported by Adam Reppert in the November/December issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion)
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