IMPACT OF YOGIC PRACTICE ON BLOOD SUGAR AND LIPID PROFILE OF WORKING WOMEN

Abstract

Yoga has been shown to have therapeutic benefits for individuals with a wide range of health conditions. The present study was conducted to assess the effect of Yogic practices on blood sugar and lipid profile of working women. Twenty working (age range 45 to 55 years) women were selected from Alagappa University women Faculty members and randomly divided into two groups (n=10) of yogic practice group and control group. Yogic practice group were subjected to regular yoga practice (Asanas, SuryaNamaskar, Kriyas, Pranayamas) for 12 weeks (3 sessions per week, 45 minutes per session), while the control group did not participated any regular activity. The dependent variables were fasting plasma glucose, post-prandial blood sugar, total cholesterol, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein, very low density lipoprotein and high density lipoprotein and were examined before and after 12 weeks of yogic practice in both groups. . In order to find out the effects of yoga on lipid profiles of working women, the Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used and the F-ratio was found out. Whenever the F-ratio was found significant, least significant Difference (LSD) Post hoc test applied to determine which of the paired means difference was significant. In all the cases 0.05 levels of significance were fixed. It may be concluded that Impact of yogic practice would bring proper control of blood sugar and lipid profile levels of working women.