Newsletter March-2021 (Yoga and Meditation for Kidney Health)
American Academy of Yoga and Meditation(AAYM)
" Yoga and Meditation for Kidney Health "
Dr. Indranill Basu Ray Editor-in-chief
Hypertension or high blood pressure is one disease that affects both the heart and kidneys, leading to an increased chance of death and disability. Heart and Kidney failure can ensue in people with untreated or poorly treated high blood pressure.
What's inside?
Yoga & Meditation for Kidney Health
Interview with Dr. Anupam Agarwal
YOGA & MEDITATION FOR KIDNEY HEALTH
Regular practice of yoga, including meditation, helps to reduce vascular inlammation caused by stress that leads to high blood pressure. Decreased salt intake with a low saturated fat diet also plays a dominant role in controlling hypertension. While appropriate drug therapy is essential, regular lifestyle changes, including yoga practice, healthy living, good plant-based diet, all help to control and prevent high blood pressure complications
YOGA & MEDITATION FOR KIDNEY HEALTH
Dr. Anupkumar Shetty ,
Associate Director ,
Methodist Dallas Medical Center.
The number of patients on dialysis in the United States has been growing at a pace of between 6-10% per year in the last decade. With a growing epidemic of diabetes in India and China it is expected that we will see an epidemic of kidney failure and other organ damage in these countries in the near future. This growing burden of illness is going be an unsustainable economic challenge to these growing economies. Producing and consuming more medicines is not a solution to this. Since diabetes and high blood pressure contribute to over 2/3 of the kidney disease, worldwide change in lifestyle is going to be an extremely important method of preventing kidney failure.
