This slide would explain about the benefits of yoga in diabetes patients

1. AN ALTERNATE APPROACH
TO DIABETES!!
~Yoga~

2. YOGA
 Ancient Indian art
 Found 10,000 years ago
 Believed to have therapeutic
value
 Is being used for treat
many diseases

3. RE L AT ION SHIP B E T W E E N YOG A &
D I A B E T E S ( 1 S T A T T E M P T T O E X P L A I N. . . )
 It was believed that twisting movements of yoga helps
in squeezing insulin out of pancreas, thus helping in
treating Diabetes Mellitus.
Source : Google Images

4. TYPE 2 DIABETES
MELLITUS
Etio-pathogenesis:
Genetic
Insulin
Resistance
Reduced Insulin
Production
Hyperglycaemia
Diabetes
Diabetic
Complications

5. Hypertension
Stress
Type 2 Obesity
Diabetes
Lipids

6. Factors in Diabetes
 Genetic X (No evidence available)
 Insulin Resistance √
 Insulin Production √
 Diabetic Complications √
 Body weight
√
 Stress
√
 Lipid Profile
√

7. STRESS
Stress would cause…
 visceral obesity - Visceral adiposity individuals are
found to have increased serum cortisol levels
 insulin resistance and
 metabolic syndrome.

8. SLEEP
 Lack of sleep
- Decreases Leptin (-18%)
- Increases Ghrelin (+28%)
- Hunger (+24%)
- Craving for high carbohydrate foods (+32%)
- Insulin Resistance

9. COMPLICATIONS OF
DIABETES

10. NEUROPATHY
 Nerve conduction velocity increased by doing yoga
 In patients continuing with conventional medicine, the
nerve conduction velocity deteriorated.

11. COGNITION
 Increase in the Cognitive brain function in T2DM
(Kyizom et al, 2010)
 ERP is a measure of the cognitive brain function.
 Yoga seem to reverse the decline in cognition in type 2
diabetes.

12. DRAWBACKS

13. Complex Nature & Flexibility
(Misconception)
Source : Google
Source : Google Images

14. AGE FACTOR
 South Asian getting T2DM around 54.6 years
 And, united kingdom the mean age being 64.1 years

15. Source : Google Images

16. Dr.V. Venugopal
BNYS, FCR, M.Sc (Diabetes)
Yoga and Naturopathy Consultant
Diabetes Specialist &
Preventive Cardiologist