Overview

Metabolic Insulin Resistance Syndrome. Previously published in hardcover as "Syndrome X: Overcoming the Silent Killer That Can Give You a Heart Attack". A precursor to the 2018 'Eat Rich, Live Long' by Cummins and Gerber which counselled significantly reducing carbohydrate intake to stop/reverse Metabolic Insulin Resistance Syndrome/MIRS. 'If you have Syndrome X, your coronary arteries are under attack. These arteries, which bring fresh blood to your heart muscle, are being 'cut' and 'wounded,' are filling with 'scabs' and cellular debris, are slowly being dammed up and closed off. This quiet malady's most direct effect is to interfere with the ability of insulin to move glucose (sugar) into certain cells for later use. Unknown millions of heart attacks have been caused by the failure of insulin, the body's 'sugar cop,' to do its job. ... Even stranger, to most people, is the idea that one way to guard against Syndrome X is to ignore the 'best' medical advice, to shun the low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet everyone 'knows' is good for the heart. If you have Syndrome X--and 60-75 million Americans do--that 'good' diet can be deadly. If you have the syndrome, carefully dieting to lower your total cholesterol or LDL cholesterol won't solve the problem. In fact, conscientiously doing so may make a heart attack even more likely.'