Hi Steve, Thought I would pop in while you wait for Ray @ray666 to respond. I do fit the metabolic syndrome and only learned of it a year or so ago. I had already started working on changing my lifestyle with losing weight, exercising more, eliminating as much processed food and sugar as possible and just being more conscious of healthier choices. I hadn't seen that research article but did run across quite a few others. I thought I would share them for others who aren't aware of the metabolic syndrome and it's connection to neurological disorders.

-- Diagnosis and Management of the Metabolic Syndrome
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/circulationaha.105.169404
-- The metabolic syndrome – What is it and how should it be managed?
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2047487319886404
-- A comprehensive definition for metabolic syndrome
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2675814/
-- The Metabolic Syndrome and Neuropathy: Therapeutic Challenges and Opportunities: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3881591/
-- Metabolic syndrome as a risk factor for neurological disorders
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21997383/
And the YouTube video that got me thinking more seriously about my lifestyle choices...