I have been a vegetarian since 2006. As the chart shown below, my lipid panel has improved after my diet changes:
Based on my family physician's records, the following two problems were reported to me:
Impaired fasting glucose (01/10/2005)
Pure hyperglyceridemia (08/01/2006)
Without doubt, I had metabolic syndrome in the period of 2004-2006.
Metabolic syndrome is related to insulin resistance. It also reflects other health findings that accompany serious insulin resistance. Metabolic syndrome can be diagnosed by any three of the following:
Increased waist circumference
≥ 35 inches in women
≥ 40 inches in men
≥ 100 mg/dL
Blood pressure
≥ 130/85
Low HDL
< 50 mg/dL for women
< 40 mg/dL for men
High triglycerides
> 150 mg/dL
The chart shown above stopped at 2008. So, how am I doing from then to now? Yes, I still remain as healthy as before. See below report for yourself.
In a Scope article published by Stanford Medicine:[1]
On the road to diabetes: How to halt disease progression and turn back to health
It has offered you some good advice. But, as Dr. Michael Greger has been advocating, just switch to plant-based diets. As for me, I have documented my personal journey from 2007 to now in many health-related articles published on below web sites: