Pretty much everybody these days knows that we are in the grip of an Obesity epidemic and most people know the two major causes; that we eat too much and move too little. The Obesity epidemic is developing at a frightening rate of knots and, of equal concern, is accompanied by epidemics in Type II Diabetes (it is no longer appropriate to call it adult-onset diabetes due to the increasing incidence in children) and the more complex and life-threatening epidemic that not many people talk about, Metabolic Syndrome (see my other article on that).

In this article,  I want to probe a little deeper into the issue of
Obesity and ask if there is a bigger issue at stake – an epidemic of
Metabolic Syndrome.

We are a nation of supplement junkies: over 30% of us routinely use dietary supplements and as far back as 1993, we spent $621 million on them (Source: National Health Survey). However, recent studies have shown that we may be wasting our money.