Alternative Therapy: Yoga, in The Early Onset and Treatment of Hyperglycemia

Kyle J. Norton 

Hyperglycemia is a condition of abnormal blood glucose in the blood stream and considered as the early sign of distastes development.

People who participated in yoga class are less likely to develop hyperglycemia, according to the India Institute of Medical Sciences.

Yoga, the ancient technique practice for harmonized external and internal body well being, through breath control, meditation, bodily movement and gesture..... has been well known for people in Western world and some parts in Asia due to health benefits reported by various respectable institutes' research and supported by health advocates.

In the review of data collected on 98 subjects (67 male, 31 female), ages 20-74 years, with hypertension, coronary artery disease, rmellitus, and a variety of other illnesses, attended yoga class, researchers found that yoga treatment showed a significant improvement in hyperglycemia or and hypercholesterolemia through decreased fasting plasma glucose and total triglycerides as well as the preferred ratio of total cholesterol to high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol.

Furthermore, in a total of 30 male diabetic patients attending diabetic clinic and 30 non-diabetic male volunteers constituted control group, conducted in the Department of Physiology and Diabetic clinic of a tertiary care teaching hospital over period of two years, all yoga attendees showed a significant reduction in mean values of FBS and PPBS at the end of six months when compared with the mean values before participating and in compared to control.

In fact, yoga therapy also found to be effective in improved glucose metabolism values in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

Further more, in a  randomized, intervention controlled trial recruited of 90 adolescents aged between 15 and 18 years who met the Rotterdam criteria for PCOS with yoga group practiced suryanamaskara, asanas, pranayama, and meditation 1 hour per day each day for 12 weeks, while another group practiced conventional physical exercises, researchers indicated that students in the yoga group displayed a better and significant changes in fasting insulin, fasting blood glucose, and improved insulin resistance in compared to exercise group.

Dr. Nidhi R, the lead author said, "Yoga was found to be more effective than conventional physical exercises in improving glucose, lipid, and insulin values, including insulin resistance values, in adolescent girls with PCOS independent of anthropometric changes".

Taking altogether, yoga may be used as a potential therapeutic source in reduced risk and treatment of Hyperglycemia for prevention of early onset of diabetes..

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Author Biography
Kyle J. Norton (Scholar, Master of Nutrients, All right reserved)
Health article writer and researcher; Over 10.000 articles and research papers have been written and published on line, including world wide health, ezine articles, article base, healthblogs, selfgrowth, best before it's news, the karate GB daily, etc.,.
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Some articles have been used as references in medical research, such as international journal Pharma and Bio science, ISSN 0975-6299.
Sources
(1) A brief but comprehensive lifestyle education program based on yoga reduces risk factors for cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus by Bijlani RL1, Vempati RP, Yadav RK, Ray RB, Gupta V, Sharma R, Mehta N, Mahapatra SC.(PubMed)
(2) Effect of yoga on blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Chimkode SM1, Kumaran SD2, Kanhere VV3, Shivanna R4.(PubMed)
(3) Effect of a yoga program on glucose metabolism and blood lipid levels in adolescent girls with polycystic ovary syndrome by Nidhi R1, Padmalatha V, Nagarathna R, Ram A.(PubMed)