A Review on Yoga Therapy for Diabetes Management

DM acquires pressing clinical and economic significance due to work loss and disability leading to increased expenditures on medicines and hospital stay. Therefore, there is a need to identify cost-effective prevention and management strategies and the use of mind–body therapies may hold promise for its prevention and treatment. Yoga offers holistic solution to the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications involving lifestyle changes encompassing kriyas, various asana, changes in diet, management of stress, meditation. Various studies suggest that yoga may improve indices of risk in adults with type 2 DM, including blood sugar levels and reduced resistance to insulin, lipid profiles, anthropometric characteristics.The effect of yoga incorporating asanas, pranayamas, meditation, kriyas, satvik diet, attitudinal and behavioral modification, and mental discipline is beneficial to patients of type 2 Diabetes mellitus.

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