ISSN: 2161-1017
						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