Yoga has many advantages, yoga can help ol alleviate metabolic problems! How can we prevent metabolic syndrome? 4hw.com.cn female editor tells us the advantages of yoga, what problems does yoga bring? Let's have a look!
Metabolic syndrome is the enemy of white-collar health. It is not a real disease, but a health risk signal issued by the body. It refers to the general name of abnormal blood pressure, blood lipid, blood glucose and waist circumference. According to statistics, more than 50% of office workers have this trouble, so how can we prevent metabolic syndrome?
Recently, a team of scientists from Sweden and India announced that yoga can make practitioners feel happy and reverse the pathological and biochemical changes caused by metabolic syndrome. It is reported that the research results have been published in the authoritative academic journal Diabetes Research and clinical application journal.
Compared with the control group, the yoga group had significantly lower waist circumference, blood pressure, blood sugar and triglyceride levels, and higher levels of 'good cholesterol' (high-density lipoprotein), the researchers said.
Agoraval, a scientist from India, selected 101 adults with metabolic syndrome symptoms. 55 of them practiced yoga, while the rest received general medical care. Three months later, it was found that the waist circumference, blood pressure, blood sugar and body fat of the yoga exercise group were significantly lower than those of the general medical care group, while the high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, which belongs to good cholesterol, was relatively higher.
Shelgren, a Swedish scientist, selected 55 healthy adults to study the benefits of yoga breathing. For six weeks, the subjects were divided into two groups. One group practiced yoga breathing for one hour a day, including slow, normal and rapid breathing. The other group took a 15 minute rest in the easy chair every day. The results showed that compared with the other group, the subjects who practiced yoga felt significantly lower anxiety, stress and depression, while their optimism index was relatively higher.
Professor sattiglu, who is in charge of the joint research group, said that yoga can not only prevent metabolic syndrome caused by unhealthy lifestyle, but also has good auxiliary effect in the event of disease attack.