Open AccessSURYANAMASKAR : A LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION IN PREDIABETES
Author(s) -
Rashmi Moogi,
Vinayak Galatage
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ayurlog: national journal of research in ayurveda science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-7329
DOI - 10.52482/ayurlog.v9i01.784
Subject(s) - prediabetes , lifestyle modification , medicine , natural history , disease , insulin resistance , life style , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , metabolic syndrome , gerontology , endocrinology , environmental health
With rapid economic development and increasing westernization of lifestyle in the past few decades, prevalence of the life style disorders has reached alarming proportions among Indians in the recent years. In 2011, in India there were 62.4 million people with diabetes and 77.2 million people with prediabetes.
Prediabetes should be viewed in the natural history of disordered glucose metabolism rather than as a distinctive clinical entity. Prediabetes is the precursor stage to DM .It is metabolic disease associated with insulin resistance.
As it is metabolic disorder it needs to be corrected with lifestyle modification. Suryanamaskar is such lifestyle modification therapy. Suryanamaskar exerts positive and long-term effect on prediabetes it delays and prevents the disease progress. However, this effects of Suryanamaskar therapy in prediabetes management remain unclear and a matter of debate and research. This article offers a scientific review on positive effect of Suryanamaskar in prediabetes.
KEY WORDS: suryanamaskar, prediabetes , lifestyle disorders.