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Yoga improves metabolic risk factors

9 April 2008

Yoga can improve symptoms of the metabolic syndrome, according to Indian researchers.

The Diabetes Care and Research Centre at the SP Medical College in Bikaner, studied 100 adults who had features of the metabolic syndrome: high waist circumference, raised blood glucose, blood pressure and triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol. 

One group was given a three-month yoga program, while the second group received usual care.

The yoga program involved daily practice including standard postures and Raja Yoga, a form of transcendental meditation, which has been shown to help manage stress and related illness.

The results, published in the December issue of Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, show that yoga practice resulted in highly significant changes in most of the parameters of the metabolic syndrome. 

Waist circumference was reduced from 96.2cm to 90.7cm, systolic blood pressure fell, fasting blood glucose came down from 11.6mmol/L to 8.5mmol/L, HbA1c fell from 9.6 per cent to 7.4 per cent, triglyceride levels were reduced from 2.4mmol/L to 1.7mmol/L and HDL (‘good’) cholesterol increased from 0.9mmol/L to 1.1mmol/L.

Furthermore, the changes seen were significantly greater than those who received the usual care.

The researchers conclude that the addition of yoga practice to usual care appears to be safe and effective in improving signs and symptoms of the metabolic syndrome.

Source:
- Khatri et al. Effects of yoga and meditation on clinical and biochemical parameters of metabolic syndrome Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2007;78:e9-10.

 

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