Thanks for the new thread. At the end of the previous thread I posted this:
I've seen that post before. All conditions listed are part of the same condition resulting from insulin resistance. This is referred to as metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome, also known as syndrome X or dysmetabolic syndrome, refers to a cluster of metabolic conditions that can lead to heart disease.
The main features of metabolic syndrome include insulin resistance, hypertension (high blood pressure), abnormal cholesterol, and an increased risk for clotting. People diagnosed with this syndrome are usually overweight or obese.
Metabolic Syndrome
Intercellular zinc deficiency is a common feature of Type 2 Diabetes (advanced metabolic syndrome).
Zinc and diabetes mellitus: understanding molecular mechanisms and clinical implications
Glycated hemoglobin and changes in normal ferritin blood levels is a common feature of Type 2 and Metabolic Syndrome:
A STUDY ON RELATION BETWEEN SERUM FERRITIN AND GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN IN TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS
Almost half of Americans of all ages are unhealthy. It is not because they don't follow dietary device, it is because they do follow it. It is not because they don't "move more." It is because they can't outrun a bad diet.
Metabolic Syndrome is easily reversed with reduction in processed food and seed oils, low carbohydrate intake and time restricted eating to allow the human body to recycle damaged organelles via
Autophagy. Patients after weight loss will tend to move more. Trying to convince them that exercise will cure them or they are not doing it enough is sadistic.
Metabolic Syndrome increases with age, however BMI is not as good of a predictor as Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR). Main elderly fall in the low to healthy BMI ranges, however suffer from insulin resistance. I've posted a few times now that they are Thin Outside, Fat Inside (TOFI).
The virus infections seem to show the same pattern. Attacking the old with great lethality first, while infecting the younger later with grave illnesses requiring hospital support.
Hypertension, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia are part of the same phenomena. HbA1c should be the first line test after viral infection to understand the patients disease course and medical treatment.
I will be happier when this crisis is over and I can grocery shop more frequently. Sadly, the fresh stuff is more perishable than the carb-clogged stuff that lasts awhile, so more frequent trips to the store tend to be merited if you want a truly superior diet plan. (Frozen veggies are an exception, thank God.)