Metabolic Syndrome is caused by increased blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist, and high cholesterol.
Your body is in a constant state of stress.
Your immune system takes a hit.
And it can affect the quality of the rest of your life.
This is what increases the risk of heart attacks. Strokes. Cancer. And other health problems.
This is the kind of stuff no police officer wants to hear.
This is what kills so many men and women in blue.
I didn't know it, but I was suffering from Metabolic Syndrome for years.