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Frank Comhaire
De Pintelaan, 185
Belgium
Research Article
Nutriceutical Approach to the Metabolic Syndrome
Author(s): Frank ComhaireFrank Comhaire
The metabolic syndrome leads to serious health damage through several pathogenic mechanisms, including
insulin resistance, chronic inflammation and oxidative overload. Aside from adaptation of diet and life style,
medication is prescribed to the majority of patients. Some patients need bariatric surgery. Complementary and
alternative medicine (CAM) offers an opportunity for treatment by using nutriceutical food supplementation. The
nutriceutical combination which is proposed here is constituted of Momomordica charantia (bitter melon or bitter
gourd) extract, together with the antioxidants Astaxanthin and coenzyme Ubiquinone Q10, the anti-inflammatory
proanthocyanidin in pine bark extract, vitamins B6, B9 and B12, the phyto-adaptogen Lepidium meyenii (Maca), and
the amino acid L-acetyl carnitine. The rationale for this combination and its expected therapeutic benefits are
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DOI:
10.4172/2161-1017.1000134