Yoga as a therapeutic intervention for the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Purpose:This study aimed to investigate the effects of 12 weeks yogic intervention on blood sugar and lipid profile in elder women with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Subjects and Methods:Twenty elderly (age range 55–70 years) T2DM women were divided into two groups, namely, yogic intervention group (YIG: n = 10, age 64.70 ± 4.03, body mass index [BMI] 24.26 ± 3.40) and control group (CG: n = 10, age 64.40 ± 4.79, BMI 24.28 ± 2.36). YIG underwent yoga practice (Asanas, Kriyas, Pranayamas) for 12 weeks (3 sessions/week), while the CG continued their usual routine activities. Standing height, body weight, BMI, blood sugar, and lipid profile were measured before commencement and after 6 and 12 weeks of yogic intervention in both groups.Results:There was a significant (P < 0.01) decrease in fasting plasma glucose, postprandial blood sugar, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, and very low density lipoprotein, with a significant (P < 0.01) increase in high-density lipoprotein level from its initial value in YIG, while showing insignificant result in CG.Conclusion:It can be said that yogic intervention may have the beneficial effects on blood sugar and lipid profile in elderly women with T2DM.

One Year of Yoga Training Alters Ghrelin Axis in Centrally Obese Adults With Metabolic Syndrome

“…As AG level is positively associated with SBP ( Rodriguez et al, 2010 ) and negatively associated with insulin sensitivity ( Gauna et al, 2004 ; Barazzoni et al, 2007 ; Vestergaard et al, 2017 ), the decreased AG level after yoga intervention may imply a potential beneficial effects on improving blood pressure and insulin sensitivity. Indeed, a systematic review concluded that yoga training can serve as an alternative treatment of hypertension ( Park and Han, 2017 ) and diabetes ( Mondal et al, 2018 ). The decreased AG may partly contribute to the tended group effect of the higher insulin sensitivity observed in yoga group compared with control group after 1-year experimental period.…”

Yoga-based Lifestyle Intervention for Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Associated Complications: A Clinical Research Review

“…14,25,31 Most studies included patients both males and females, but several studies included either male or female patients only. 4,7,32 A study conducted for 10 days observed that women had a higher reduction in blood glucose level than men, 33 but another study indicated that outcome measures (demographic and biochemical parameters) were not statistically significant in a gender specifically. 11 As exclusion criteria, most studies have excluded patients with nephropathy, retinopathy (proliferative), neuropathy, and coronary artery disease, 20,23,30,31 cancer, 12,19 severe osteoporosis, 12 pulmonary tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and acute macro-and microvascular complications.…”

“…5 Finally, several other studies have observed a significant effect of lipid profile at the end of the study period. 20,32…”

Effectiveness of Yoga Lifestyle on Lipid Metabolism in a Vulnerable Population—A Community Based Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

“…The increasing burden of heart disease and T2DM [ 10 ], despite billions of dollars spent on research and the use of lipid-lowering drugs over the years, has posed a big challenge for health expenditure [ 11 ], and there is an urgent need to investigate cost-effective alternative approaches. Yoga is one of the popular mind-body approaches developed in India [ 12 ]. Yoga is known to exert positive physiological changes, which have wide-ranging scientific significance [ 13 , 14 ] as research findings have described the benefits of yoga in managing stress, anxiety, and negative sentiments [ 12 , 15 ].…”

“…Yoga is one of the popular mind-body approaches developed in India [ 12 ]. Yoga is known to exert positive physiological changes, which have wide-ranging scientific significance [ 13 , 14 ] as research findings have described the benefits of yoga in managing stress, anxiety, and negative sentiments [ 12 , 15 ]. Yoga may exert cardiovascular changes by acting on neurological pathways like the autonomic nervous system (ANS), sympatho-adrenal medullary (SAM), or hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) [ 16 ].…”