Posted on June 28, 2008 in Latest News
Yoga is a group of ancient spiritual practices designed for the purpose of cultivating a steady mind. Nowadays, this exercise is treated as a natural relaxation technique having unique powers to cure many an ailment of the body and mind. So, what has yoga to do with diabetes? Well, you might get more that you expect as an answer. Practicing yoga regularly might actually bring down the insulin levels in a diabetic.
How Yoga Helps Diabetes
Regular practice of yoga is observed to reduce blood sugar levels, blood pressure, body weight, the rate of progression to the complications, and the severity of the complications as well.
The symptoms are also seen to mitigate to a great extent as are number of diabetics who get admitted to hospitals each year. The questionnaires related to the quality of life actually reveal a remarkable improvement in the scores. These findings are uniform for all those who are trying to find the positive influence of yoga on diabetes.
How Yoga Works against Diabetes
- Glucagons secretion increases due to stress. Yoga effectively works to reduce stress, thus reducing glucagons and possibly improving insulin action.
- Weight loss induced by yoga is a well accepted mechanism.
- Muscular relaxation, development and improved blood supply to muscles might enhance insulin receptor expression on muscles causing increased glucose uptake by muscles and thus reducing blood sugar.
- Blood pressure plays a great role in development of diabetic and related complications, which is proven to be benefited by yoga. The same holds true for increased cholesterol levels.
- Yoga reduces adrenaline, noradrenalin and cortisol in blood, which are termed as ‘stress hormones’. This is a likely mechanism of improvement in insulin action.
- Many yogic postures do produce stretch on the pancreas, which is likely to stimulate the pancreatic function.
Comments
Leave a Reply
