About The Study
The research titled “Yoga and Diabetes Prevention,” released by Dr. Jitendra Singh, highlights yoga’s significant role in preventing type-2 diabetes, especially in people with prediabetes.
Conducted over three years across five centres in India, the study involved nearly 1,000 participants and showed that practising a 40-minute daily yoga routine, including specific asanas and pranayama, reduced diabetes risk by about 40%.
The Indian Prevention of Diabetes Study published in Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews suggested that this outcome outperformed other established prevention strategies, such as lifestyle modifications alone (28% risk reduction) and a combination of lifestyle changes with stepwise medication like metformin (32% risk reduction).
Dr. Jitendra Singh, who released the study, described it as a potential “game changer” for India’s healthcare system, where more than 13.6 crore people are prediabetic and over 10.1 crore are living with diabetes.
Yoga Asanas To Control Blood Sugar Levels
Vrikshasana (Tree Pose)
The tree pose is a simple yet effective yoga asana that improves …