For example, I teach most
patients simple breathing techniques that come from yoga, which I have found to be strikingly effective for an incredible range of conditions, from heart arrhythmia and high blood pressure to chronic digestive problems, such as irritable bowel syndrome and reflux disease.
«Experimental group
patients were prescribed an intensive lifestyle program that included a vegan diet supplemented with soy (1 daily serving of tofu plus 58 gm of a fortified soy protein powdered beverage), fish oil (3 gm daily), vitamin E (400 IU daily), selenium (200 mcg daily) and vitamin C (2 gm daily), moderate aerobic exercise (walking 30 minutes 6 days weekly), stress management
techniques (gentle yoga based stretching,
breathing, meditation, imagery and progressive relaxation for total of 60 minutes daily) and participation in a 1 - hour support group once weekly to enhance adherence to the intervention.10 The diet was predominantly fruits, vegetables, whole grains (complex carbohydrates), legumes and soy products, low in
simple carbohydrates and with approximately 10 % of calories from fat.»