Western Diet Leads to Metabolic Syndrome, Study Shows

24/01/08 A new study showed a strong link between “Western diet” and heart problems, stroke and type 2 diabetes – or a metabolic syndrome.

Do you like hamburgers, soda and fries? This is for you!

And a surprising fact: drinking diet soda would not decrease the health-risk equation and dairy does.

People who prefer western diet have higher risk to develop metabolic syndrome.

The Western pattern diet (also called Western dietary pattern or the meat-sweet diet) is a dietary habit chosen by many people in developed countries, and increasingly in developing countries, characterized by high intakes of red meat, sugar desserts, high fat, and refined grains.

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