AUTHOR(S): Dr. Augustine George

ABSTRACT:
Diabetes mellitus is a very common name in the world today. In 2000 India reported the highest case of diabetes in the world followed by China in second and United states in the third position. Diabetes is fast becoming a potential epidemic in India. The complications arising out of diabetes is enormous and is draining the family and society as well. It is exhausting the human resource and the economy. Study after study in top universities in the world has shown that the “Yoga” the ancient science of India can significantly rein in this threat. A combination of selected yogasanas, pranayama and meditation will effectively manage diabetes in patients and prevent the occurrence of diabetes in healthy people. An effort is made here to dig into the studies conducted in this area and to present the matter in a systematic way so as to enable the reader to absorb substantially and benefit from it.

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