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Syndrome X is a group of disorders. It has to do with isulin and hormones. When we eat, we normally use some of it for energy and what we don't use, we store it as fat. With Syndrome X, it all gets converted to fat and that's why reducing calories alone doesn't work. I used to be on 1,000 calories under a dietian, but didn't lose weight even though I was being sooo careful and excerising. She reduced it to 500 calories and vitamin supplements, and I lost weight! But that was hardly eating anything! With low gi, it is the type of food that is important as it works differantly. The slower releasing glucose in the low gi foods give the body more time to use up whats released. So it works!