The role of yoga in inflammatory markers

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doi:10.1016/j.bbih.2022.100421

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“…In general, the effectiveness of such an alternative mind–body exercise mode on important health markers linked to various lifestyle-related chronic diseases among sedentary overweight and obese adults has been poorly examined, and there are no strong proofs concerning the comparative effectiveness of different exercise modes in this research area [ 97 , 98 ]. However, the main findings exhibited here are partially in line with those reported for individuals with poor glycemic control and lipid profile [ 49 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 109 , 110 ], raised blood pressure [ 48 , 50 ], and cardiovascular disease [ 54 ] following various yoga-based interventions. It is difficult to explain such results since mechanistic studies investigating the role of yoga practice in health are very limited.…”

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confidence: 89%

“…Notably, yoga is considered one of the top trends among key fitness industry stakeholders around the globe, according to the latest regional [ 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ] and global surveys [ 40 ]. Moreover, there is accumulating evidence showing that yoga may be beneficial for improving body composition [ 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 ], physical fitness [ 45 , 46 ], cardiovascular risk factors [ 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 ], chronic pain [ 55 , 56 ], and mental health [ 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 ] in various populations, including the obese. Therefore, yoga has been defined as a component of integrated therapeutic or preventive interventions supporting several populations suffering or being at risk of developing the most common lifestyle-related chronic conditions [ 64 , 65 , 66 ].…”

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Psychophysiological Adaptations to Yoga Practice in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Topical Review

Batrakoulis

2022

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Physical activity has been documented as a foundational approach for weight management and obesity, improving several cardiometabolic and mental health indices. However, it is not clear whether yoga practice can induce beneficial improvements in anthropometric and body composition parameters, performance, metabolic health, and well-being among overweight/obese people. The aim of this topical review was to catalog training studies examining the psychophysiological responses to yoga interventions in order to detect which outcomes have been investigated, the research methods applied, and the conclusions. The inclusion/exclusion criteria were met by 22 published articles involving 1178 (56% female) overweight/obese participants. This brief review on yoga-induced adaptations demonstrates that this widely used meditative movement activity can meaningfully improve the vast majority of the selected markers. These beneficial alterations are focused mostly on various anthropometric and body composition variables, cardiovascular disease risk factors, physical fitness parameters, quality of life, and stress in previously inactive overweight/obese individuals. Instead, yoga-based physical exercise interventions investigating anxiety, depression, mood state, exercise enjoyment, affect valence, and adherence were limited. Further research should focus on the yoga intervention configuration and potential mechanisms behind favorable changes in various psychophysiological indices through large-scale, rigorously designed randomized controlled trials implementing long-term interventions in overweight/obese individuals.

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Psychophysiological Adaptations to Yoga Practice in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Topical Review

Batrakoulis

2022

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“…INF-γ was found to be higher in breast cancer patients than in healthy people in studies [ 28 ]. In many diseases, INF-γ concentration was reduced after yogic intervention [ 29 ]. Our data also suggested that yoga improves the level of INF-γ in the patients performing yoga.…”

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Long-Term Yogic Intervention Improves Symptomatic Scale and Quality of Life by Reducing Inflammatory Cytokines and Oxidative Stress in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and/or Radiotherapy: A Randomized Control Study

Jain¹,

Mishra²,

Yadav³

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Cureus

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Introduction: Inflammation has been associated with tumor proliferation and metastasis in breast cancer. Yoga is an ancient therapy that helps in reducing inflammation and improves the patient's quality of life (QoL) and fatigue. In the current study, we investigated the effects of long-term yogic intervention at different time points on the level of inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress, along with the symptomatic scale and QoL in stage II/III breast cancer patients.Methods: Ninety-six stage II/III breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy were enrolled and divided into two groups, non-yoga (Group I) and yoga (Group II). Participants in Group II practiced yoga five days per week for 48 weeks. The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer quality of life questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ30) was used to measure the QoL and symptomatic scale. Serum levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), interferon-γ (IFN-γ) and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and oxidative stress markers, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), malondialdehyde (MDA), and nitric oxide (NO) were measured at baseline, 16, 32, and 48 weeks in both groups.Results: Yoga significantly (p<0.05) reduced the level of IFN-γ, TNF-α, and MDA and improved QoL (p<0.001) and symptomatic scale (p<0.05) in Group II patients compared to Group I. NO was upregulated in Group I whereas in Group II, it was neither decreased nor increased.Conclusion: These findings suggest that yoga may reduce levels of inflammatory cytokines and improve QoL and symptomatic scale in breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy. Yoga can be an important additional therapy during cancer treatments to cope with treatment side effects including fatigue, depression, and immunological profile, which directly affects the patient's quality of life.

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“…[7] Yoga is also proved to decrease inflammatory markers and heart rate . [8] The aim of prenatal yoga is to help the mother bring the unborn into the world with minimum hassle and completely no health complications. Positions and exercises practiced across the three trimesters of pregnancy should differ with every phase.…”

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An Analytical Review on Health Benefits of Prenatal Yoga for Mother and Foetus

Patni

Sinha²

2023

Int J Ayu Pharm Res

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Pregnancy is a physiological condition in which would be mother changes both from inside as well as outside. Yoga in pregnancy can help the women to balance through these physical, mental and emotional challenges. Embracing yoga during pregnancy provides multi dimensional benefits to mother and baby. Yoga calms the mind, revitalizes the energy and prepares the woman physically and mentally for delivery. Various respiratory exercises (Pranayama) and physical postures (Asanas), performed by a pregnant woman under expert supervision, can help in harmonized relaxation and contraction of uterus, increase the strength, flexibility and endurance of muscles needed for childbirth,. They devour low energy and afford greater benefits. Also Yoga-sasanas can minimizes the complication of pregnancy, like pregnancy induced hypertension, intrauterine growth retardation and pre-term delivery. Yoga calms the mind, re-energies and prepares the mother physiologically, mentally and emotionally and for labour. Yoga is also helpful in improving sleep pattern, reduces lower back pain, nausea, headaches and shortness of breath. Simple stretching exercises encourage circulation, help fluid retention, and relieve stress. Yogic exercises can help pregnant women recover faster post-delivery. Different type of postures, mentioned in Ayurvedic and Yogic texts that can be comfortably performed in pregnancy. They consume lower energy and give better benefits. Yoga is useful for a variety of immunological, behavioral and psychosomatic conditions. Various research studies regarding the utility of yoga interventions for pregnancy shows that it is helpful in improving pregnancy and birth outcomes. Numerous clinical studies shows that yoga may produce improvements in stress levels, quality of life, aspects of interpersonal relating, autonomic nervous system functioning, and labour parameters such as comfort, pain, and duration.

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The role of yoga in inflammatory markers

Cited by 44 publications

References 84 publications

Psychophysiological Adaptations to Yoga Practice in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Topical Review

Psychophysiological Adaptations to Yoga Practice in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Topical Review

Long-Term Yogic Intervention Improves Symptomatic Scale and Quality of Life by Reducing Inflammatory Cytokines and Oxidative Stress in Breast Cancer Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy and/or Radiotherapy: A Randomized Control Study

An Analytical Review on Health Benefits of Prenatal Yoga for Mother and Foetus

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