Yoga for hypertension
For this study researchers recruited subjects with high blood pressure metabolic syndrome. For three months the subjects were divided into two groups and put through two different exercise programs. Both groups performed 30 minutes of aerobic exercise five times a week, but one group did 15 minutes of stretching before the exercise while the other did 15 minutes of yoga. After three months there was a decrease in resting systolic pressure, diastolic pressure and heart rate in both groups. However, systolic pressure decrease was 2.5 times more in the yoga group than in the stretching. Yoga also reduced resting heart rate and pulse pressure. While yoga has been shown to benefit people with high blood pressure, the exact mechanism is not well known. What this study shows is…
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