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A comprehensive plan to help you combat metabolic syndrome, lose weight, and restore overall health First recognized by the World Health Organization in 1998, metabolic syndrome has become one of the hottest topics in health care. A collection of seemingly unrelated medical disorders, metabolic syndrome includes heart disease, excess abdominal fat, sleep problems, infertility, insulin resistance and full-fledged diabetes. When combined, these disorders pose a serious health risk that doctors and consumers are increasingly aware of. It Must Be My Metabolism shows readers, step-by-step, how to make the changes necessary to lose the "apple" shape that so often comes at midlife, and regain both a youthful figure and better health.

Reza Yavari, M.D. is founder of the Connecticut-based Beyond Care, LLC, a lifestyle-management center that focuses on endocrine and metabolic disorders. He is a faculty member of the Yale University School of Medicine.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. x
Is It Your Metabolism?
Why You Need to Know About Metabolic Syndrome	p. 3
Metabolism, Not Diet, Is the Key to Fighting Obesity	p. 4
What Is Metabolic Syndrome?	p. 7
How Doctors See the Syndrome	p. 9
Could You Have Metabolic Syndrome?	p. 11
There's More to Metabolic Syndrome Than Meets the Eye	p. 19
Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, and Diabetes	p. 22
Metabolic Syndrome and Heart Disease	p. 31
Menopause, Fat Gain, and Metabolic Syndrome	p. 35
Metabolic Syndrome and Infertility: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)	p. 36
How Lifestyle Medicine Fights Metabolic Syndrome	p. 39
How Our Body Composition Changes with Time	p. 40
Energy, Body Composition, and Lifestyle	p. 44
Food, Activity, and Weight Gain	p. 49
How Therapeutic Lifestyle Change (TLC) Works	p. 52
How TLC Can Work for You	p. 56
Stress and Fat: How Stress Shapes You	p. 65
Does Stress Cause Metabolic Syndrome?	p. 66
What Is Stress Eating?	p. 69
Recognize Your Stressors	p. 72
Your Body as a Stress Compass	p. 82
Active and Passive Relaxation	p. 84
Time Management, Healthy Anchors, and Rewards	p. 86
Mind, Body, and Environment	p. 89
Designing a Personal Exercise Program	p. 91
Guideline for a Personal Exercise Program	p. 92
The Right Exercise Program for You	p. 94
How to Design Your Program	p. 99
Out of Shape? Here's a Program for You!	p. 105
Breathing Exercises	p. 109
Why Yoga?	p. 113
Add Play and Fun to Your Program	p. 116
The Practice of Rewarding Yourself	p. 119
The Healthiest Way to Eat	p. 125
Basics of Nutrition: Calories and Macronutrients	p. 127
What You Need to Know About Popular Diets	p. 132
Diet, Blood Sugar Control, and Diabetes	p. 135
Beware of Empty, Hidden, and Dense Calories	p. 138
Choose a Diet That Works for You	p. 140
A Choice Eating Program for Metabolic Syndrome	p. 145
Your Weekly High-Protein, Low-Carbohydrate Plan	p. 153
Low-Calorie Recipes for Your Meal Plan by Jacques Pepin	p. 158
Your Plan of Action
How to Undo Metabolic Syndrome in Six Months	p. 183
Selected Bibliography	p. 315
Index	p. 323
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