Diabetes: Its symptoms & treatment with Ayurveda
Jessamyn Stanley needs you to know what yoga is really about - and it's not the poses. In her new book Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance, the yoga instructor and body activist shares reflective personal essays that touch upon everything from racism to the cultural appropriation of American yoga, from consumerism to cannabis. And while the timing couldn't be better considering the current cultural climate, the idea for the book came to her years ago while she was writing her first book, Every Body Yoga, a guide to developing a yoga practice. "I realized yoga is a lot more than postures," she tells PEOPLE. "The postures get to be more complicated, not because you're practicing harder gymnastics or physical postures, but because you're practicing emotional and mental and really spiritual postures." In fact, she says, yoga is not supposed to feel good. Take the example of someone expecting a Zen-like experience from a yoga practice - only to be disappointed. "You're like, 'This is hard. Everyone else seems to know what they're doing. I am not good enough, I shouldn't be doing this, maybe my body is supposed to look different, maybe my life's supposed to be different.' All these feelings start to come up. That's what the postures are leading you towards, is to have that experience." RELATED: Jessamyn Stanley Found Body Acceptance Through Yoga and Can Help You Do the Same Stanley has been nurturing this self-awareness in the nearly 10 years since she has been breaking barriers in the yoga world, tackling topics like fat-shaming, her queer Black identity and unattainable beauty standards. In Yoke - which means yoga in Sanskrit - she uses her own life as a a metaphor to further explore the coming together of mind and body, light and the dark, good and the bad - both on and off the mat. "I wanted to reflect on what it is to practice yoga when we are as a society being forced to reckon with the long, deep, systemic, down-to-the-bone problems. We're being forced to look at things that we've never wanted to look at. And that's all that yoga is, is looking at the things that you don't want to look at. And ultimately, come hell or high water, accepting them." Story continues Workman Publishing
Modern lifestyle has given rise to many diseases. In ancient times people used to eat healthy, breathe clean air and most importantly they involved themselves in many physical activities. But nowadays we are constantly working in front of computers. Instead of eating healthy home-made food, people prefer to eat unhealthy rust foods outside. Instead of practicing their time in parks or doing yoga, most people prefer to spend their time in Dominos, McDonalds, Cafes and Dining Restaurants etc. Physical activities, stress and lack of good food have given rise to many diseases, among them diabetes has become a common health problem which is making millions of people all over the world.
Diabetes is a lifelong disease and taking chemical process pills or taking medicines for the whole life has serious effects on the body. Here we are telling you about those herbs which can help in regulating your glucose and controlling blood sugar level in diabetes.
Now, the question that comes naturally to your mind is how to identify diabetes. So you do not have to worry about it because after reading this article you will get answers to all the questions related to diabetes symptoms and ayurvedic treatments.
What is Diabetes?
When the amount of glucose in the blood is high and it starts passing urine, it is called diabetes. In other words, when the amount of blood glucose or blood sugar in a person exceeds, it is called diabetes.
Early sign & symptoms of Diabetes
- Excessive thirst- The major symptom of diabetes is excessive thirst. Usually, we drink water when we are thirsty, which erases our thirst, but it is not so in the case of diabetes, but a person feels very thirsty and has to drink water again and again when he has diabetes.
- Frequent urination- Due to frequent drinking of water in diabetes, a person has to go for frequent urination. Usually, people consider it as a kidney symptom, but they should not reach any decision as it can also be a sign of diabetes.
- Excessive hunger- often, you must have seen people who keep eating once in a while. Most make fun of such people and tease them by calling them 'hungry'. But at times, it can be a sign of diabetes, it may prove better to report it to the doctor for the person suffering from it.
- Sudden weight loss- If a person is losing weight fast enough, then he should not ignore this problem as it can be a symptom of diabetes.
- Fatigue- However, we all get tired after working long enough. It is a natural thing to happen, but when a person gets tired after a little hard work, it is not common because it can be a symptom of diabetes.
- Blurry vision- Diabetes causes many body parts effects, most of which affect the eyes. The fluctuations in the blood sugar disrupt the blood vessels which supply blood to the eyes. Due to this, the image and color start to appear blurred and due to this the retina also swells.
Ayurvedic Treatment of Diabetes
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Jessamyn Stanley needs you to know what yoga is really about - and it's not the poses. In her new book Yoke: My Yoga of Self-Acceptance, the yoga instructor and body activist shares reflective personal essays that touch upon everything from racism to the cultural appropriation of American yoga, from consumerism to cannabis. And while the timing couldn't be better considering the current cultural climate, the idea for the book came to her years ago while she was writing her first book, Every Body Yoga, a guide to developing a yoga practice. "I realized yoga is a lot more than postures," she tells PEOPLE. "The postures get to be more complicated, not because you're practicing harder gymnastics or physical postures, but because you're practicing emotional and mental and really spiritual postures." In fact, she says, yoga is not supposed to feel good. Take the example of someone expecting a Zen-like experience from a yoga practice - only to be disappointed. "You're like, 'This is hard. Everyone else seems to know what they're doing. I am not good enough, I shouldn't be doing this, maybe my body is supposed to look different, maybe my life's supposed to be different.' All these feelings start to come up. That's what the postures are leading you towards, is to have that experience." RELATED: Jessamyn Stanley Found Body Acceptance Through Yoga and Can Help You Do the Same Stanley has been nurturing this self-awareness in the nearly 10 years since she has been breaking barriers in the yoga world, tackling topics like fat-shaming, her queer Black identity and unattainable beauty standards. In Yoke - which means yoga in Sanskrit - she uses her own life as a a metaphor to further explore the coming together of mind and body, light and the dark, good and the bad - both on and off the mat. "I wanted to reflect on what it is to practice yoga when we are as a society being forced to reckon with the long, deep, systemic, down-to-the-bone problems. We're being forced to look at things that we've never wanted to look at. And that's all that yoga is, is looking at the things that you don't want to look at. And ultimately, come hell or high water, accepting them." Story continues Workman Publishing