Lifestyle disorders can be prevented by practicing yoga, says Shripad

Yoga is gradually gaining popularity in the world and the lifestyle-related disorders can be prevented by practicing Yoga said the Union Minister of State for AYUSH (Independent charge) Shripad Naik on Monday. “Some of the lifestyle and non-communicable diseases are growing like epidemics and there is a need to check its growth. Yoga is the only answer for preventing such epidemics.

The modern medical system has started realising the need for lifestyle intervention in the many disease conditions effectively through Yoga,” said Naik while speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day International Yoga conference organised by the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India at Kala Academy Panaji. He claimed that modern medical institutes were adopting Yoga as an alternative treatment for many of the disorders.

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