Cure Metabolic Syndrome Disease Without Medicine

A good diet is the key to everything. Here is an inspiring story by Satyendra Garg on his battle with a deadly disease without medications.

Satyendra Garg

Updated on: 21 August 2020 11:39 pm

My 9th February, 2019 annual medical report revealed that I was suffering from dangerous metabolic syndrome, about which I had not even heard of before that.

Metabolic syndrome is defined as having three of the following five conditions:

-Abdominal obesity, measured by waist circumference: men over 40 inches, women over 35 inches;
-Low high density lipoprotein (HDL): men less than 40 mg/dL or women less than 50 mg/dL or taking medication;
-High triglycerides: over 150 mg/dL or taking medication;
-High blood pressure: over 130 mmHg systolic or over 85 mmHg diastolic or taking medication;
-Fasting blood glucose more than 100 mg/dL or taking medication.

Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of heart disease by almost 300 percent. Metabolic syndrome is said to increase the risk of stroke, cancer, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, polycystic ovary syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea. In fact, the major diseases of the twenty-first century including heart disease, cancer, diabetes have all been related to metabolic syndrome.

Research has indicated that more than 37 percent of American population suffers from this dangerous metabolic syndrome, and has become a major challenge for their health infrastructure.

My medical report clearly showed that I had three of five conditions listed for metabolic syndrome. My HDL in February, 2019 was just 32 against the required 40. My triglycerides had swelled to 226, that is more than 50 percent more than the required 150, and my blood pressure was 130-86 bringing me clearly in the category of metabolic syndrome. Apart from having three of the five conditions, I had fatty liver Grade II, which was the result of having metabolic syndrome.

This clearly was a crisis and made me exceedingly concerned about my health. I had already given up medicines for high cholesterol and high blood pressure, which I had been taking for more than 20 years, and decided that I will improve my health only through a healthy diet and fasting. I, after consultations as to the best diet in the circumstances, decided to go in for a low-carbohydrate High Healthy Fat diet, which had lots of saturated fats, zero omega-6 unsaturated fats, very low carbohydrate, virtually zero added sugar and the reduced sea salt combined with 16 hours intermittent fasting every day.

I was firmly established in my new diet within a week of starting it and it became quite satisfying as the new diet was fulfilling and did not leave me hungry though I had no food for 16 hours every day.

To check as to how the new diet and intermittent fasting is affecting my health, I underwent regular medical check ups. It was gratifying to know in the first medical test I had on 15th of April, 2019, that is within a month or so of changing the lifestyle, that my triglycerides had come down drastically, and much below the required maximum of 150. My medical report showed it was 123. This took me being out of the dangerous metabolic syndrome as now I did not have the required three conditions for it.