Dr. Jason Fung explains the science of metabolic syndrome and how intermittent fasting can help reverse this disease. Metabolic syndrome includes abdominal obesity, insulin resistance, high triglycerides, low HDL and hypertension but is better understood as a disease of too much insulin.
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