Medical Understanding of Yoga

This is a research-based book that reveals several facets of yoga that are unknown either to yogis or to medical doctors. It describes how periodic fasting can benefit people suffering from obesity, menstrual disorders and several autoimmune diseases, and states that several yogic techniques like Pranayama , Nauli-kriya and Agni-sara offer several benefits through brief intermittent hypoxia, such as increasing Nitric Oxide production, generation of collateral vessels in ischemic areas and facilitating stem-cell trafficking. Chapters in this book discuss the positive role of air in the gastrointestinal tract, in inhibiting the causative organism of peptic ulcer, contributing to satiety and uplifting mood; and also helping release of factors that prolong life of insulin-secreting beta cells and facilitate their regeneration.