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HEALTH - If the doctor had warned in blood pressure began to rise, try yoga. According to a small study, people who get pre-hypertension and yoga exercises an hour a day for three months successfully reduced the average diastolic arterial pressure.
The study presented at the annual conference of the Cardiological Society of India but has not been published in a medical journal.
Researchers said the results were promising, that practicing yoga every day could potentially protect them from the dangers of pre-hypertension and high blood pressure.
"Good pre-hypertension or high blood pressure increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure," said study leader Ashutosh Angrish, MD, a cardiologist at Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi, India.
Pre-hypertension is defined as systolic number (the first number in a blood pressure reading) of 120-139 mmHg or diastolic number (second number) of 80-89 mmHg.
Someone already experiencing high when systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mmHg or diastolic greater than 90 mmHg. "People who have pre-hypertension tend to eventually develop hypertension," said Dr. Angrish.
Dr Angrish want to examine the impact of Hatha Yoga, which combines traditional yoga stretching, breath control and meditation to people diagnosed with pre-hypertension but still healthy.
He and his colleagues recruited 60 patients with an average age of 54 years and prescribe all lifestyle strategies to reduce lifestyle. Lifestyle include light aerobic exercise, a healthy diet and quitting smoking.
Half of the patients also get a yoga class every day for a month. After one month, the group asked itself one hour of exercise a day.
At the beginning and end of the three months of the study participants measured their blood pressure over 24 hours. During that time, there was no change in the group given the task of changing lifestyle alone.
In the yoga group, diastolic blood pressure for 24 hours decreased approximately 4.5 mmHg. The average arterial pressure decreased also by 4.9 mmHg.
"Despite the decline in blood pressure was small, clinically very meaningful," said Dr. Angrish.
In fact, the decline just 2 mmHg in diastolic blood pressure could potentially reduce the risk of coronary heart disease up to 6 percent and 15 percent decreased risk of stroke.
The reason why yoga effect of lowering blood pressure remains unclear. From other studies found yoga calm the sympathetic nervous system that helps maintain blood pressure.
"These findings suggest that the combination of the three components of yoga (asana, pranayama and meditation) is useful. But our studies have not been able to describe each of their contributions," said Dr. Angrish.
President-elect Cardiological Society of India, Shirish Hiremath said in the release that yoga, part of the traditional culture of India, clearly proved beneficial in the case of pre-hypertension. Yoga is also easy to learn and inexpensive.
"Yoga is the answer turned out to be appropriate for people who are at risk," he pointed to a large number of young people in India are affected by hypertension.
A review in 2014 found the 29 percent of India's population, or nearly one in three people have high blood pressure. Similar things happened in the United States.
Roberto Ferrari, MD, course director of the European Society of Cardiology programs in India agree that yoga can be a part of heart health strategy. He stressed that yoga is just one component for maintaining a healthy heart.
"Heart disease can be prevented with a healthy lifestyle and controlling blood pressure and cholesterol. Sports include yoga, healthy eating and not smoking is a step in the right direction," he said.
Dr Angrish invention this is preliminary research. Nevertheless, we should advise people who have problems with high blood pressure to start practicing yoga. Yoga can help prevent hypertension as part of a healthy lifestyle.
