Does Metabolic Syndrome Even Exist?

If a tree falls in the forest and there's no one there to hear it, did it really make a sound? That's a philosophical debate, to be sure. Well it seems that now there is a debate going on in the medical community about whether metabolic syndrome exists.

Metabolic syndrome is a collection of risk factors that can eventually lead to cardiovascular disease and/or type 2 diabetes.

• What to Know About Metabolic Syndrome

According to an article by About.com's guide to heart disease, Dr. Rich Fogoros, the American Diabetes Association has taken the position that metabolic syndrome doesn't exist, while the American Heart Association still supports the diagnosis and offers a wealth of information about metabolic syndrome on it's website.

Well, which is it? Does it exist or doesn't it?

Read Dr. Rich's article here...

• The Battle over Metabolic Syndrome

Read the ADA's position on metabolic syndrome here...

• Is Metabolic Syndrome Really a Syndrome?
  

Read the American Heart Association's page on metabolic syndrome here...

• What is the Metabolic Syndrome?
  

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