Obesity As Protection Against Metabolic Syndrome, Not Its Cause
March 9th, 2010 admin
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The collection of symptoms that is the metabolic syndrome – insulin resistance, high cholesterol, fatty liver, and a greater risk for diabetes, heart disease, and stroke – are all related to obesity, but, according to a review in the March 9th issue of the Cell Press publication Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, not in the way you probably think they are…
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