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Prevention from Lifestyle Diseases through Yoga Asana (Part-8 Thyroid)

Introduction Yoga is one of the best thing that, India gifted to the humanity. Yoga have so many benefits that we have discussed in our previous articles. Yoga balances your energy level, helpful in your mental tension and increases your flexibility. Now, we will talk about how you can prevent yourself or cure your thyroid disease with the help of yoga. Several studies have shown that yoga is helpful in improving your thyroid disease (weather it is a Hypothyroidism or Hyperthyroidism). Some Information on Thyroid disease Well, now-a-days, thyroid is very common in people across the world. The thyroid is a small gland in the body, specifically in throat which secrets hormones, these hormones help in maintaining metabolism, temperature and growth of the body. These hormones are also important for a child's brain development. Thyroid disease affect the patient's physical and mental health. This disease is more common in women than men.  Mainly thyroid disease are of two types: Hyp...

Prevention from Lifestyle Diseases through Yoga Asanas (Part-4 Hypertension)

  Hypertension It is the most common disease in world in recent times. In morden world fast life, environment and industrialization creates a lot of psychological stress. Stress and tension increase adrenaline in blood circulation which increases blood pressure. Blood pressure is force of your blood pushing against walls of your arteries. Each time your heart beats, it pump blood. It is called systolic pressure. When heart is at rest between beats, blood pressure falls. It is called diastolic number. A reading of 119/79 or lower in normal blood pressure and 140/90 or higher in high blood pressure. High blood pressure usually has no symptoms but it can cause serious problems such as stroke, heart failure and kidney failure. The arteries and nerves become disrupted and became hard. Symptoms of Hypertension 1) Fainting. 2) Pain in Hand, leg and shoulder. 3) Tiredness and lack of sleep. 4) Neck pain in morning. Causes of Hypertension The main cause for high blood pressure is stress and...