High cholesterol, abdominal obesity, and metabolic syndrome may cause you to suffer from it! Do this to get rid of your belly and lose weight

If you suffer from metabolic syndrome and do not receive early detection and treatment, your risk of diabetes may increase by 6 times, your risk of high blood pressure by 4 times, your risk of high blood lipids by 3 times, and your risk of heart disease and stroke by 2 times! People with unhealthy lifestyles, genetics, and family history of hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia are more likely to develop metabolic syndrome than the general population.

Definition of Metabolic Syndrome

The criteria for metabolic syndrome are:

(1) Abdominal obesity: Waist circumference ≥ 90 cm (35 inches) for men and ≥ 80 cm (31 inches) for women.

(2) High blood pressure: systolic blood pressure ≥ 130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 85 mmHg.

(3) High fasting blood glucose: fasting blood glucose value ≧100 mg/dL.

(4) High fasting triglycerides: ≧150 mg/dL.

(5) Low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol: <40 mg/dL for men and <50 mg/dL for women.

If three or more of the above five components are met, it can be diagnosed as metabolic syndrome.

How to lose belly fat

A female engineer in her 40s donated blood regularly. Her most recent blood donation was found to have high cholesterol of 250. In addition, her weight increased suddenly from 58 kg to 66 kg in the past six months. She wanted to get rid of her belly quickly, so she went to the Endocrinology and Metabolism Department of China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital. Dr. Xie Mingzhen asked about the patient's medical history and found that her mother had diabetes. In addition, the patient's body fat rate was over 35%, which was too high, and her fasting blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol were high, which put her at high risk of diabetes. She was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome and was advised to do slightly intense exercise every day and eat less refined starch. She was also advised to take new oral diabetes medications. She is currently losing at least 0.5 kg per week.

Dr. Xie Mingzhen said that people with a potbelly are commonly known as "puff people". They have a thin body but a big belly. This is related to food and lifestyle. Excessive processed food, refined starch, and foods high in fructose, coupled with a sedentary lifestyle, and eating too much can easily accumulate abdominal fat, which turns into fat accumulation in the hands or belly. It is recommended to walk after meals, consume more low-fat foods, reduce high-fat trans fats, eat enough protein every day, such as eggs, tofu or fish, reduce the intake of red meat, pork and beef, reduce fat calories, consume more fiber and drink at least 3000cc of water every day to change the body and reduce the proportion of body fat.

Dr. Xie Mingzhen pointed out that the patient donated blood regularly and was found to have high cholesterol as high as 250, glycosylated hemoglobin 6.1, triglyceride 160, and body fat over 35. All the indexes were high. Although it has not yet reached the level of real disease, it may be one step away from diabetes. Therefore, it is hoped that patients can reverse the condition immediately by changing their physical constitution through diet or exercise. New oral diabetes medications, weight loss drugs, fat-removing drugs, or slimming injections, etc., after evaluation and auxiliary use by medical professionals, can reduce the pain of the food adjustment period, reverse prediabetes, and help with metabolic syndrome.

Dr. Xie Mingzhen said that if you want to get rid of your belly fat in a short period of time, you would use invasive slimming injections in the past. Now there are new oral diabetes drugs with relatively fewer side effects, but the mechanism is mainly to inhibit gastric emptying and reduce appetite. Changes in lifestyle habits may still cause bloating, constipation, nausea, etc. It is recommended that people seek professional medical advice and undergo regular monitoring. Do not use any unknown weight loss methods as they may put your life at risk.

Dr. Xie Mingzhen said that if you want to get rid of your belly fat in a short period of time, you would use invasive abdominal slimming injections in the past, but now there are new oral diabetes drugs with relatively fewer side effects. (Photo courtesy of China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital)

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