If you are a post-menopausal woman and want to INCREASE your chances for chronic inflammation and cardiovascular disease, simply eat a high-carbohydrate diet and lead a sedentary lifestyle.
It is well known that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in post-menopausal women. Additionally, it is known that inflammation is involved in the process of plaque build-up in the arteries and a marker for heart disease. One of the measures doctors use to measure inflammation is a blood marker called high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP.)
A study out of Brazil looked at 95 post-menopausal women and found that the women having high hs-CRP values, or high body inflammation, were those that had higher body mass indexes, higher body fat percentages, bigger waist circumferences, higher triglyceride levels, higher blood glucose and higher insulin resistance values than the women with low hs-CRP values.
These high, undesirable hs-CRP values were linked to women that were sedentary, walking less than 6,000 steps per day, and consuming a diet with a high glycemic (high carbohydrate) load and also low protein.
The researchers concluded that “sedentary lifestyle and high-carbohydrate intake were associated with low-grade chronic inflammation and cardiovascular risk in post-menopause.”
If you are a post-menopausal woman, the Fat Burning Machine diet may help you keep inflammation down and decrease your cardiovascular risk. Talk to your doctor about your CRP value, modifying your diet and engaging in our modest exercise plan. It is pretty easy to measure CRP before and after eating the Fat Burning Machine way to know if the plan helps you.
