Despite
the limited caloric burning powers of yoga, a recent study suggests
that it might enable the middle-aged people to curb weight gain.
Yoga is a physical training program that involves meditations
and slow stretches. The findings of the research depicted that
overweight individuals in their 50s who practiced yoga on a
regular basis lost approximated 5 pounds over a 10 year span
of time. At the same token, people of the equal age range who
did not do yoga gained over 13 pounds over the duration of the
time.
In essence,
over the span of a decade middle-aged people of normal weight
normally pack on the pounds; however, the individual who practiced
yoga gained less weight than the people who did not engage in
yoga. Despite the findings, a researcher/co-author of the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center study, Alan Kristal’s opinion,
the link between weight loss and yoga is futile.
Since people who practice yoga are more in
tuned with their bodies, they are more prone to make healthy
eating choices and be more cognizant of bad habits. Not to mention,
yoga alleviates stress and depression; as a result, people are
less apt to eat out of boredom or anxiety. Not to mention, aside
from the extremely strenuous yoga practices, insufficient energy
is burned to counter weight gain.
In conclusion,
researchers’ compiled data from more than 15,000 individual
ages (53 to 57). They were surveyed about diet, exercise, weight
and their health histories. The published findings of the Alternative
Therapies in Health and Medicine portrayed how individuals who
practiced yoga were more apt to avoid junk food and over consumption
because they were more attuned to the needs of their bodies.
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