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Home > Yoga & Obesity - Yoga
For Weigth Loss
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Yoga & Obesity - Yoga
For Weigth Loss
Yogacharya
Vishwas Mandlik
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What is obesity?
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Excess accumulation of fats (Resulting in increased weight)
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In today's technology dominated world, physical activity has decreased resulting
in accumulation of fats.
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Obesity may become reason for various other diseases.
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Obesity is physical, mental and emotional
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Obesity and Yoga
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Yoga has considered all aspects of Obesity (physical, emotional and mental)
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Regular practice of Yoga and controlled life style reduces obesity (weight is reduced).
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Yoga makes human being agile, efficient and slim.
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Yoga is suitable for people in any age group.
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Yoga helps achieve control over mind and behavior (one can easily control food habits
and change life style to reduce the obesity.)
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Yoga has different effect on obesity, which is permanent in nature than other techniques
for obesity reduction. Weight loss is permanent but one needs to practice few important
techniques regularly.
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Obesity Symptoms
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Obesity increases weight, reduces physical movements, and also brings in slowness
in emotional and mental activities.
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Food intake increases.
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Obesity can result in frustration.
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Laziness increases, reducing overall efficiency.
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Sometimes obesity can create obstruction to breathing process.
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Obesity may result in heart problems, diabetes or blood pressure.
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Obesity Reasons - Food Habits
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Excess consumption of fats, protein diet
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Eating food, which is sugar rich
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Consuming food all the time, which includes milk, butter, cheese, oily food, non-vegetarian
food, tea, coffee, bakery products, rice etc.
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Not eating raw food, fruits, vegetables rich in fibers
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Obesity because of physical problems
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Obesity can be hereditary
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Digestive disorders may result in obesity
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Improper functioning of Endocrine gland system
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Problems in the nervous system
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Imbalance in emotional and mental activities
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Obesity as a result of life style
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Lack of exercise
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No physical movement, driving cars and other vehicles
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Sitting and watching TV, movies, working on computers
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Consuming cold food from fridge all the time
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Various ways to get rid of Obesity
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Practice of Yoga and various exercises
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Regular exercise like running, swimming etc
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Yogasanas like
Paschimotannasana,
Saral Hasta Bhujangasana,
Sarwangasana,
Halasana,
Dhanurasana,
Veerasana,
Trikonasana,
Ardha Matsyendrasana etc
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Along with Yogasanas Sun salutation is very effective for obesity reduction, also
Pranayama, cleansing processes like agnisar, uddiyan bandha etc helps
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Food Habits
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The lunch and dinner timings should be fixed
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The time difference 2 meals should be 4 hours
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Low fat meal, with fiber rich vegetables and fruits should be taken.
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Reduce fats, excess calories, sweets, milk, butter, cheese etc in meals.
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Other Useful Habits
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Do not sleep for more than 6 to 7 hours
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Try to stop addictions such as smoking, drinking alcohol or any other drugs.
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Taking help from dietician, one should fix the daily diet schedule.
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If possible take massage and steam bath regularly.
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Regular practice of Yoga can certainly reduce the obesity and weight loss, but one
needs to learn specific Yoga Techniques, which are more effective for reducing the
weight. We will be studying such techniques in this article,
Yoga Vidya Dham has a separate
Obesity Reduction Program, more than 5000 people have been benefited
by this program.
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Before knowing the Yoga let us first understand what obesity
means.
First symptom of obesity is increase in weight; body loses its shape, due to accumulation
of fats in various parts of body sometimes body balance is affected. The obese person
has to spend extra energy for any movement, which results in reduction in overall
movements; this reduction in overall activity further increases the weight, also
the enthusiasm in any work goes down.
For a regular healthy life the weight has to be in certain limits, there is standard
chart, which relates height and weight. If the difference is more than 10 % as mentioned
in table then we may say that the person is obese. One can get a brief idea from
this chart but not totally correct figures.
This increase in weight is a gradual process. The weight doesn't increase suddenly.
We may overlook this, as this increase is not noticeable initially. But beyond certain
limits this overweight may become reason for various diseases like Hypertension,
Diabetes, Heart problems. So we need to control the weight from the beginning.
For the daily work we spend calories, which we get from the food we eat. But if
we take more calories and spend less then the calories are accumulated in the form
of fats. Increase in fats reduces body movements, which again increases the weight.
So as to reduce the fat one must control the food habits.
Weight can increase because of digestive problems. Useful part of the food is absorbed
in blood during the digestion. If there are some problems in this process then it
may result in accumulation of fats. If the digestive problem is cured then obesity
can reduce.
Endocrine glands control various activities of body. A problem in the functioning
of endocrine glands results in various physical problems, obesity can also be because
of problems in functioning of endocrine gland system. There is strain on endocrine
gland system during childbirth, menopause in case of women. So if proper care is
not taken during these transformations, it may result in obesity.
Sometimes because of problems in nervous system, obesity increases and in that case
the nervous system problem is to be treated to cure obesity.
Body and mind has complex relations between them, because of mental and emotional
imbalance, endocrine gland systems is affected, which may result in obesity.
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