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Yoga And fitness:
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Yoga And Diabetes:
Adult-onset diabetes can usually be controlled through dietary and other
lifestyle changes. While Yoga cannot “cure” diabetes, it can complement the
lifestyle changes necessary to keep diabetic symptoms in check, and it can help
you feel more in control of your health and well-being.
If you need to lose weight, Yoga can help build your concentration and willpower
so that it’s easier to stay on a weight-loss program. Yoga breathing techniques
are particularly helpful because they teach you to focus on one thing — in this
case, your smooth, rhythmic breathing — to the exclusion of everything else. In
addition to strengthening your will, this practice also reduces harmful stress
reactions and conserves energy so that more of it is available for living your
life the way you want to. Learning how to cope with stress is important to
anyone dealing with a chronic physical condition.
Yoga exercises gently tone and shape the body, improve posture and flexibility,
and contribute to feelings of well-being. Most Yoga exercises have a profound
effect on improving circulation, especially to the extremities. Yoga exercises
help keep the blood vessels elastic, and Yoga exercise combined with relaxation
training has even been shown to reduce high blood pressure in some cases. After
you’ve practiced for a while, you can add more vigorous exercises to your Yoga
routine to give you the added benefits of some aerobic conditioning and
increased muscle strength. Yoga exercises gently press on the body’s glands and
organs, resulting in positive effects for the digestive, endocrine, and
reproductive systems.
By releasing muscle tension and teaching you how to relax at will, Yoga
relaxation training helps reduce the harmful effects of physical and mental
stress. Daily practice of meditation shows you a quiet, restful, stable part of
yourself that supports everything you do, and teaches you how to draw on these
inner resources for the strength and health that can be your choice.

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Yoga & Headaches
Even if you suffer from headaches only infrequently, they can dramatically
disrupt your life. While some headaches may subside within a short time,
throbbing migraines can cripple individuals for days, and intensely painful
"cluster headaches" may recur for days or even weeks. "Tension headaches," while
more common and usually less severe, also reduce productivity and can strain
interpersonal relationships.
Simple Yoga techniques can serve as an alternative or supplement to other
remedies for dealing with headaches, as both prevention and treatment.
Tension headaches, also categorized as muscle contraction, often can be
alleviated through deep breathing and relaxation, especially in a lying down
position in a quiet place. Gentle physical Yoga exercises can be used to
counteract mild headaches. Inverted postures, or those where the head is lowered
briefly, increase oxygen to the brain and can reduce headache-causing strain.
Some simple exercise can even be practiced at work (Standing or in a chair) to
ease tension that may be causing a headache. However, any type of exercise can
be detrimental when you’re suffering form a severe headache, especially a
migraine.
A regular routine of Yoga exercises, breathing techniques, and
relaxation/meditation can help prevent chronic headaches or reduce their
severity. Exercises that stretch your muscles can release the tension that often
causes headaches. Exercises that increase overall circulation and promote
strength and balance are also helpful as they promote physical and mental
balance and can strengthen your immune system. Yoga also helps to increase
self-awareness, enabling you to address physical symptoms before they become
severe.
A balanced diet can also play a crucial role in preventing or treating
headaches. Some headaches result from a missed meal or a lack of protein and can
be alleviated by eating a healthy protein snack. There are also some foods which
are suspected of causing headaches, such as some nuts, aged cheeses, and
chocolate, and foods containing nitrates or monosodium glutamate (MSG). Some
medical experts also recommend limiting caffeine intake or eliminating it
altogether. Review and experiment with your diet to see which substances seem to
make a difference.

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Yoga for a Healthy Heart
Researchers now know that including Yoga with other lifestyle changes can
prevent or correct heart problems, including hypertension and atherosclerosis.
Yoga practice teaches you how to integrate Yoga exercise, breathing, and
meditation techniques into your day so that you can make these important
lifestyle changes. Yoga practice can make a real difference in the health of
your heart by strengthening your body, teaching you how to relax mentally and
physically, and showing you how to better manage stress reactions.
Common stress reactions include muscle tension (most commonly in the face,
stomach, neck, shoulders, and breath), rapid heartrate, constricted breathing,
and anxiety. The fastest and most effective way to reduce reaction to stress is
to change your breath, and an immediate way to improve your breathing is to
improve your posture. In Yoga, you learn to strengthen your back and stomach
muscles so that you can sit and stand straighter; this releases pressure on your
heart and lungs and allows you to breathe easier.
Yoga breathing exercises teach you how to breathe more deeply and rhythmically;
this has many effects, both physiological and mental. Physiologically, you will
strengthen your respiratory muscles and develop a more efficient exchange of
gases. Breathing exercises cause more oxygen to be pushed through the walls of
the lungs. Mentally, you will notice more concentration, willpower, and
steadiness.
Yoga exercise improves the health of the entire circulatory system, beginning
with the production of blood, which takes place in the marrow of the long bones
in the thighs. Improving circulation in the legs by means of daily Yoga
stretching exercises helps to rejuvenate the blood. Yoga exercises stretch the
body's major blood vessels, keeping them free-flowing and elastic; Yoga
oxygenates the blood and pushes fresh nutrients to all peripheral vessels and
capillaries. Improved circulation means that your brain will receive more
oxygen, improving alertness, memory, and mood; vital organs receive a steady
supply of the nutrients they need for optimal functioning.
Yoga relaxation training teaches you how to relax at will, allowing your body to
release muscle tension almost as it occurs. Meditation training shows you how to
access your inner source of strength and personal power, creating a support
system that builds confidence and self-esteem, fosters present-moment awareness,
and increases self-knowledge.
The choice to practice Yoga will protect your heart as it contributes to greater
general health and well-being.
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What your doctor doesn’t know about nutrition may be killing you!
USANA provides nutritional supplements of the highest quality
View one of the few nutritional supplement lines listed in the
Physicians Desk Reference at
http://www.unitoday.net/progress.
Become a preferred customer and receive wholesale prices

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