The Effect of One Cycle of Yoga Exercises on Blood Lipid of the Female Patients with Type II Diabetes

Physical activities have been long believed to play a role in control and improvement of type II diabetes. Therefore, the present research aimed to assess the effect of yoga exercise on lipidprofile and blood sugar of the female patients with type II diabetes.
In this quasi-experimental research, 26 women with type II diabetes from Isfahan were randomly divided into an intervention (N=16) and a control group (N=20). The intervention group did selected yoga exercises3 sessions a week each session lasting for 75 minutes for 12 weeks. The control group, on the other hand, had no regular and systematic physical activity. The participants’ blood sugar, Low-density lipoprotein (LDL), high-density lipoprotein (HDL), TG (Triglyceride), and TC (Total Cholesterol) were measured before and after the exercise period. Then, the data were entered into the SPSS statistical software and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (T-test for the difference between the means of the independent groups).
The results showed no significant difference between the two groups regarding LDL, HDL, TG, TC, and FBS levels before the intervention. However, a significant difference was observed between the two groups regarding the mean of FBS (t=-2.1, P=0.04) and TG (t=-2.9, P=0.007) after the intervention.
The findings of the present research showed that doing a cycle of yoga exercises led to a significant improvement in blood sugar of the patients with type II diabetes. Thus, in addition to diet and medications, yoga exercises can be considered among the factors improving diabetes.