Exclusive: Practice yoga to help manage your diabetes

On International Yoga Day, we share with you how practicing this ancient exercise form can help you manage diabetes.

New Delhi: India is the second most affected country with diabetes with a whopping estimate of 77 million people suffering from the disease. Type-2 diabetes is classified by many experts as a ‘lifestyle disease’ which can be controlled by adopting healthy eating habits and adding exercise in your daily routine. On International Yoga Day, we spoke to  Endocrinologists who told us how this ancient form of holistic exercise can help you manage your blood-sugar levels. “Yoga has shown promising results in controlling blood glucose levels. The various yoga asanas help exercise the muscles so that the muscles consume more sugar from the blood, thus decreasing the blood glucose levels,” explains Dr Sunetra Mondal, Consultant Endocrinologist, HealthWorld hospital, Durgapur.