Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas (Jun 2002)
Evolución metabólica de pacientes diabéticos tipo 2 sometidos a un tratamiento combinado de dieta y ejercicios yoga
Abstract
Se realizó un estudio con 40 pacientes diabéticos tipo 2 con la evaluación del efecto que produce una dieta enriquecida en proteína de soya y ejercicios de moderada intensidad, para lo cual se midieron algunos indicadores bioquímicos. Al término del estudio se encontró en los pacientes que realizaron ejercicios yoga una disminución significativa (pA study of 40 type 2 diabetic patients was conducted by evaluating the effect produced by a soya protein-rich diet and exercises of moderate intensity. Some biochemical indicators were measured to this end. At the end of the study, it was found that the patients who practiced yoga exercises showed a significant reduction (p<0.05) of total cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL cholestherol and creatinine and an increase of HDL cholesterol compared with the group that did aerobic exercises. These results suggest that this therapy combined with yoga exercises may be effective in this type of patients.
