Yoga As Preventive Measure For Lifestyle Diseases

How yoga can help in preventing lifestyle diseases in human body?

There is no denial in the saying “your habits build your future.”  Today, lifestyle diseases are becoming a new trend and people are inviting them unknowingly. Lifestyle disease can be defined as any disease linked to a person’s lifestyle. These types of diseases are not caused by a virus or bacteria. The way a person spends his/her life, the habits he/she develops, and the things he/she does play crucial roles in finding what kind of ailments the person might get. Earlier, this term was famous in America, but nowadays, India has the most increasing number of lifestyle disease patients irrespective of age and gender.

Different types of lifestyle disease

1. Heart disease

Just pick the news stories of the past six months and you will find more than 100 death cases happened due to heart attack or heart failure. The disturbing fact about these stories is that these people were between the 20s-40s age group. Some common heart diseases are –

• Arrhythmias
• Heart failure
• Heart valve disease
• Coronary artery disease
• Cardiomyopathy

Risk factors involved in developing the above diseases-

• Smoking
• Pollution
• Poor diet
• Age of an individual
• High blood pressure
• Obesity
• Diabetes
• Stress
• Poor dental health
• High blood cholesterol levels
  
  2. Type 2 Diabetes

In type 2 diabetes, the patient’s body cells are unable to use glucose or blood sugar efficiently to produce energy. This happens when the cells don’t respond to insulin, and later the person gets high blood sugar levels. The key reasons for type 2 diabetes are related to metabolism. Other factors like obesity, beta cells, high sugar intake in the form of soda drinks, processed food, etc. may result in this lifestyle disease.

Risk factors involved in type 2 diabetes –

• Sedentary lifestyle
• Artificial sweetener consumption
• Soda
• Maida
• Genetics
• Stress
• Inactive lifestyle
• Excessive consumption of sugar and processed products
  
  3. Obesity

Not only adults, but school kids are facing health issues like obesity because of unhealthy eating habits, sedentary lifestyles, stress, etc. Obese people have a BMI greater than 25 and thus, they develop cardiovascular diseases, lung problems, diabetes, and blood pressure.

Risk factors involved in obesity –

• Age
• Genetics
• Race and ethnicity
• Gender
• Hormone changes
  
  4. PCOD / PCOS

Polycystic ovaries are the most common lifestyle disease these days. Females in their 20s are facing extreme hormonal issues due to their sedentary lifestyle and poor diet with stressful life. This is the major reason why they are developing PCOD/PCOS conditions.

Risk factors involved in PCOS/PCOD

• Type 2 diabetes
• Hypertension
• Stress
• Metabolic syndrome
• Glucose intolerance
  
  5. Thyroid
  Thyroid gland is responsible for producing multiple types of hormones. These hormones have huge impact on person’s body temperature, immunity, metabolism, and growth. Your sedentary lifestyle is the main cause of hypothyroidism. Less exercise or physical activity put negative impact on your thyroid gland. Another reasons could be poor diet, unhealthy lifestyle, smoking, less sex, emotional stress, etc. behind this condition. Yoga is beneficial in treating hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.

Risk factors involved in Thyroid

• Type 1 diabetes
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Autoimmune diseases
• Thyroid exposure to radiation

How Yoga Can Prevent Lifestyle Disease?

Yoga is a traditional way to connect body, mind, and soul with regulated breathing, asanas, and meditation. Regular practice of yoga asanas and pranayam will help maintain body muscles and health and make individuals stress-free. By this, we mean people have to follow yoga practice as their everyday ritual to keep lifestyle diseases at bay. The deep muscle stretches will enhance the blood flow in the body and let every organ function better. Apart from exercise, a yogic diet plays a significant role in preventing lifestyle ailments.

In ayurveda and naturopathy, 90% of the diseases are related to the gut. If your gut is healthy, you can live a longer life. For a healthy gut, healthy and fresh food is required. You have to cheat on the cheat days frequently and avoid dining out as much as you can. Homemade food is the best meal that you can offer to your body. Avoid refined sugar and artificial colors as these ingredients are the major cause of diabetes and cancer.

What happen when you regularly practice yogic exercises?

1. Body posture gets enhanced
2. Strengthen muscles
3. Better flexibility
4. Lower blood sugars
5. Disease free life
6. Enhanced blood flow
7. Improved lung capacity
8. Better sleep

Yogymummy promotes healthy living and encourages people to have an active life and prevent lifestyle diseases. To join our group classes, you can make a call at 7015620060. If you are suffering from any lifestyle disease, connect with us and get your life on track.