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EFFECTS OF DYNAMIC SURYANAMASKAR PRACTICE ON THE SERUM LIPID PROFILE OF INDIAN STUDENTS
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{{Introduction: }} Reducing lipid levels in blood plasma is one of the ways of preventing cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this work is to present the changes found in the plasma lipid concentrations of Indian students who had engaged in the yoga practice known as Dynamic Suryanamaskar (DSN) for a period of 2 weeks. {{Methods: }} 105 randomly selected Indian male students aged 17.15±1.42 years participated in the study. The subjects were divided into 4 groups, according to the Solomon Four Group Design. Groups I (n=26) and III (n=27) performed 6 sessions of training of DSN per week for 12 weeks, while groups II (n=25) and IV (n=27) acted as control groups of untrained subjects. Plasma samples from all subjects were analyzed for the following factors: total cholesterol (T-C), triglycerides (TGs), very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (VLDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). In Groups I and II blood samples were taken twice, once before the 12 week training period (Trial-1) and once after it (Trial-2). In Groups III and IV a blood sample was taken once only, that is after the 12 week training period for Groups I and II (Trial-2). {{Results:}} Concentrations of all plasma lipids between Groups I and II were significantly different and the levels of T-C (p<0.001), TGs (p<0.001), VLDL-C (p<0.001), and LDL-C (p<0.001) had decreased while the level of HDL-C (p<0.05) had increased. Also it was shown that the levels of T-C (p<0.001), TGs (p<0.01), VLDL-C (p<0.01), and LDL-C (p<0.001) had decreased and that the level of HDL-C (p<0.05) had increased within Group I after training, but the levels of all these variables in Group II were unchanged after the 12 week period of time (Trial-1 vs. Trial-2). In Group III compared to Group IV, measured in Trial-2, levels of T-C (p<0.05), TGs (p<0.001), VLDL-C (p<0.001), and LDL-C (p<0.05) were lower while HDL-C was higher (p<0.001). {{Conclusions}}: Intensive DSN training is an effective means of improving the plasma lipid profile. Such training, which can be practiced under almost any conditions, does not cause any negative health effects measurable in the plasma lipid profile.
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