No more ditching Sugar when you have Yoga to help

“Yoga is a light, which once lit, will never dim. The better your practice, the brighter the flame.”

- B.K.S. Iyengar

Diabetes is a metabolic disease of imbalanced sugar levels in the human body. It is a long-term disease with no proper treatment. Though it can be controlled using certain medications, curing it is still a major question mark for the doctors. But Yoga, the Indian remedy has made it possible for the patients to get relieved from the disease! Now the patients who practice Yoga need not worry about their sugar levels.

Yoga is the natural treatment option for all the diseases. It is magical in healing the deadliest of diseases. It is a reliable solution to all your problems. Yoga stimulates different organs which improve our immunity to a great extent. Diabetes occurs due to insufficient insulin production by the pancreas and can be extremely painful to deal with. Let us view the benefits Yoga has in treating diabetes.

Yoga deals with the Imbalances in your body

Diabetes is a growing disease. Almost 7 out of 10 persons suffer from diabetes. Though it is a metabolic disease, but if not cured or controlled on time, it can affect the body severely and can be a risk to life. But all these cases have one sure shot solution - Yoga!! Yoga purifies the inner body, mind, and soul. It reduces the LDL/bad cholesterol and increases the blood and oxygen supply in the body. Thus, reducing the risks caused by diabetes. Asanas like Dhanurasana (bow pose), Balasana (child pose), Chakrasana, Shalabasanas are effective in dealing with diabetes.

Dhanurasana
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Balasana
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Chakrasana
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Shalabhasana
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Yoga boosts body functions

Yoga involves the movement of hands, legs, and other organs and also improves breathing. It ameliorates the pancreatic function and maintains insulin levels to a normal state in the body which is a major cause of diabetes. It aids the patients with a lower risk to high blood pressures and reduces the blood glucose levels. Hence, a powerful weapon to fight sugar!!

 Yoga to control weight

Often diabetes leads to obesity in people and they build stubborn fat in their body. Obesity further leads to many heart diseases. Yoga puts a full stop to the diseases which are an outcome of fluctuations in sugar level. It encourages the proper functioning of all the organs and relaxes the nervous system to a great extent. Yoga allows the body to fight with the stubborn fat accumulated in the body and manages the body weight.

Yoga has become a way of life. With its many benefits to the patients and individuals, it has become a weapon to fight all diseases, big or small. A regular exercise routine can help in boosting insulin levels in your body and maintain strength. Certain poses and meditation and breathing techniques of Yoga help in dealing with weight issues and control your sugar levels. Most diabetic patients have to sacrifice on taste and are denied delicious food. But with the help of proper medication and regular practice of Yoga, you can regain control over your life.  With its benefits in defeating diabetes, the patients don't have to fear and worry about their condition!

For more information visit the official website of ministry of Ayush: http://www.indianmedicine.nic.in/.

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