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in body mass index, as well as no
increases in blood sugar levels.
IMPROVED SENSE OF BALANCE.
Practicing an Iyengar yoga program designed for older adults
was found to improve balance and
help prevent falls in women over
65, according to a 2008 Temple
University study.
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AFTER YEARS
STRONGER BONES.
A 2009 pilot study by Dr. Loren
Fishman showed that practicing
yoga could improve bone density
among older adults.
“We did a bone mineral density (DEXA) scan, then we taught
half of them the yoga, waited
two years, and did another
scan,”Fishman previously told The
Huffington Post. “And not only did
these people not lose bone, they
gained bone. The ones who didn’t
do the yoga lost a little bone, as
you would expect.”
HEALTHY WEIGHT.
Researchers from the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research
Center in Seattle found an association between a regular yoga
practice and decreased weight —
or at least a maintained weight —
Yoga could boost arousal,
desire, orgasm and general
sexual satisfaction for women.”
among more than 15,000 healthy,
middle-aged adults.
“Those practicing yoga who
were overweight to start with lost
about five pounds during the same
time period those not practicing
yoga gained 14 pounds,” study researcher Alan Kristal, DPH, MPH,
told WebMD.
LOWER RISK OF HEART DISEASE.
As part of a healthy lifestyle, yoga
may lower cardiovascular risk
factors such as high blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar,
according to Harvard
Health Publications.