Role of Yoga in Preventing and Controlling of Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Diabetes in Greek means siphon (passing water); Mellitus in Latin means honey (sweet). It is a metabolic syndrome, clinically characterized by polyuria, polyphagia, polydipsia, hyperglycaemias and glycosuria, due to absolute or relative deficiency of the hormone insulin (either by action or by secretion or both), that controls the metabolism of carbohydrate, protein, fat and electrolytes. Yoga is that aids in dipping stress levels of the body. Stress is the key motive for diabetes and by controlling stress. Diabetes can be brought under regulator and benefits in better blood supply to the body that is obligatory for the appropriate functioning of body organs, asana like the surya namaskar forward and backward bend warped poses and inversions can massage the pancreas and endocrine system to arouse insulin secretion. They also decrease the general waist circumference that can have an optimistic effect in regulatory high blood sugars.