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What Are Cardiometabolic Diseases?

What Are Cardiometabolic Diseases?

Cardiometabolic diseases are a group of noncommunicable chronic diseases, or chronic diseases that are not spread through infectious means but...
Overcoming Weight Loss Plateaus

Overcoming Weight Loss Plateaus

Weight loss plateau refers to a period when little to no weight loss occurs after achieving initial weight loss in...
What Is Hyperinsulinemia?

What Is Hyperinsulinemia?

Insulin is a hormone produced by pancreatic b-cells and is responsible for regulating glucose homeostasis. Under normal conditions, pancreatic b-cells secrete...

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10 11 ,2023
How Does Stress Affect Metabolic Health?

How Does Stress Affect Metabolic Health?

What Is Stress? Stress is a broad term that refers to various “stressors” or factors that place a significant psychological strain and often disturb normal physiological state.1 Stressors can include low socioeconomic status, major life events such as job loss or divorce, catastrophic events such as war, chronic adversities such as daily work stress, hassles, caregiver distress,...
31 10 ,2023
What Is the DASH Diet?

What Is the DASH Diet?

The DASH diet stands for “Dietary Approach to Stop Hypertension” – an eating plan endorsed by the American Heart Association that aims to reduce hypertension (ie, high blood pressure).1 The diet is characterized by a high intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, fat-free or low-fat dairy products, poultry, fish, nuts, beans, and seeds.2 On the other hand,...
25 09 ,2023
Preeclampsia

Preeclampsia

What Is Preeclampsia? Preeclampsia is a type of hypertensive (ie, high blood pressure) disorder that affects 2-8% of pregnancies.1 Preeclampsia usually occurs later in the pregnancy and is diagnosed when a pregnant woman >20 weeks of gestation has a new-onset hypertension defined as a systolic blood pressure of >140 mm Hg and/or a diastolic blood pressure of...
08 09 ,2023
How Does Inflammation Affect Metabolic Health?

How Does Inflammation Affect Metabolic Health?

Inflammation, as we typically define it, is the body’s immune response to harmful stimuli such as toxins, pathogens, radiation, and damaged cells. When the body recognizes a foreign substance, it releases inflammatory mediators to remove harmful stimuli through various actions such as recruiting white blood cells. An acute inflammation can also become a chronic inflammation when uncontrolled or...
05 09 ,2023
What Is Hypertension?

What Is Hypertension?

Hypertension is a medical term that refers to high blood pressure. It is defined as having a systolic blood pressure of >130 mm Hg or a diastolic blood pressure of >80 mm Hg or requiring antihypertensive (ie, blood pressure-lowering) medication(s). Hypertension is categorized into stage 1 and stage 2 hypertension.