Abstract
Background: Yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning union. It is Hindu spiritual and self-discipline method for integrating the body, breath and mind. It is a tradition of health and spirituality that evolved in the Indian peninsula over a period of some 5000 years
 Methods: Prospective study was conducted on 100 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and 100 normal healthy persons. Cases were recruited from a yoga centre. Control subjects were selected from diabetic patients attending hospital. Alcoholic or smoker subjects were excluded.
 Results: The mean value of blood glucose level of subjects was 7.42±1.32% and that of controls was 6.12±1.42%. The difference between the mean value of HB1Ac level determined by unpaired ‘t’ test was statistically highly significant (p=<0001).
 Conclusion: Yoga can be used as an alternate therapy to reduce the blood glucose level along with the drug therapy.
 Keywords: Yoga, Diabetics, Drugs.
Highlights
IntroductionIt is Hindu spiritual and self-discipline method for integrating the body, breath and mind
Background: Yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning union. It is Hindu spiritual and self-discipline method for integrating the body, breath and mind. It is a tradition of health and spirituality that evolved in the Indian peninsula over a period of some 5000 years Methods: Prospective study was conducted on 100 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and 100 normal healthy persons
Cases were recruited from a yoga centre
Summary
It is Hindu spiritual and self-discipline method for integrating the body, breath and mind It is a tradition of health and spirituality that evolved in the Indian peninsula over a period of some 5000 years. Yoga is a Sanskrit word meaning union It is a tradition of health and spirituality that evolved in the Indian peninsula over a period of some 5000 years Methods: Prospective study was conducted on 100 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and 100 normal healthy persons.
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