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I am a 42 years old diabetic woman. Could you tell me yoga exercise to reduce my blood suger and high BP
(20 Dec 2007)

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Yoga Asanas for High Blood Sugar 

In most cases required medication and a complementing yoga therapy and a proper diet has reversed the effects of diabetes in many patients.  Some helpful yoga poses such as the half moon pose, the cobra pose, the pose of the locust, and camel pose are known to stimulate the pancreas while exercising the posterior abdominal wall which can help diabetics in the long run in controlling the condition. It is not possible to cure diabetes with the help of yoga, but it can help to transition changes in lifestyle to improve the lifelong condition and keep it under control.  Yoga is extremely instrumental in maintaining good health and a fine balance between body and mind.

Yoga asanas along with relaxation and meditation techniques greatly brings down the effects of BP.  In addition, the exercises and poses in yoga bring down the harmful consequences of physical and mental strain.  To control high BP and diabetes, sun salutation is an extremely useful exercise.  This particular exercise is a combination of various asanas that stimulates the internal system and enhance of the supply of blood to the various parts inside the body.  Moreover, the production and administration of insulin is also normalized with the daily practice and performance of this particular exercise.  Sun salutation has to be performed at least five times in the morning, on an empty stomach preferably without any meals. The numerous forms of stretching in sun salutation improve endocrinal glands and influence the secretion of the pancreas by rejuvenating the internal organ.  Due to the simulation of the pancreas, with the help of sun salutation, there is a tendency to the blood sugar to return to normal.  Sun salutation can be best performed only in the mornings or early evening, especially at the time when the stomach is not too full with meals.  For those individuals suffering from diabetes, a small healthy snack can be had after performing all the exercises in yoga.

answered by C D on 24 Jun 2008, 5:34:15

 

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