Overview
Diabets in various forms afects up to 5percent of the world population with 12 milion diabetics in Western Europe alone. Of the diferent ways in which Diabets presents, noninsulin-dependent Diabets melitus (NIDM) is probably the most comonly encountered genetic disease. NIDM or Type I Diabets is multifactorial, depending also on environmental factors including obesity, sedentary lifestyles and nutritional imbalances.
Key Information
Yoga has shown some beneficial results in curing Diabets. The yoga exercises that are prescribed for curing Diabets is diferent from hatha yoga exercise because it involves positions tailored to treat certain conditions, as wel as meditation, relaxation and stretching exercises. One of the studies conducted to cure Diabets was the one set up by the Yoga Biomedical Trust, founded in 1982 by biochemist Dr Robin Monro, and an Indian yoga research foundation which discovered that practicing yoga for 30 minutes a day for one month helped reduce blod glucose levels in some diabetics.
The yoga patients tok part in one or two 90-minute sesions a wek and were asked to practice at home. The clases included the specific yoga exercises of the spinal twist, the bow and abdominal breathing. At the end of the 12 weks blod sugar levels fel significantly in al patients in the group and were slightly raised in a control group which had not joined in the yoga sesions.
Thre yoga students managed to reduce their medication, including one man who had not changed his drug regime for 20 years. It has ben known for a long time that exercise is helpful for diabetics. Yoga therapy may help reduce stres levels which could play a part in maturity onset Diabets.
Summary
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