Abstract

Our Diet and Lifestyle plays a great role in maintaining our complete health. So eating right makes a lot of difference and most importantly helps in our metabolic function, keeping it up to the mark. But what if we develop some pathology that has the capacity to disrupt this metabolism? Obviously the body will start suffering and so do we. That is what this article is about. This Syndrome is a group of conditions that occur together, elevating the risk of cardiac disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. It is also known as insulin resistance syndrome and dysmetabolic syndrome. The conditions included in metabolic syndrome are high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar levels, increased body fat around the waist, and imbalance in cholesterol or triglyceride levels. Having only one condition does not mean you have metabolic syndrome but you might have certain serious complications. Here in this article, we shall be discussing all the aspects about metabolic syndrome or syndrome X, its causes, symptoms and management in modern as well as Indian system of medicine - Ayurveda.