Yoga reduces cytokine levels known to promote inflammation, study shows

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Yoga reduces cytokine levels known to promote inflammation, study shows

Regularly practicing yoga exercises may lower a number of compounds in the blood and reduce the level of inflammation that normally rises because of both normal aging and stress, a new study has shown. the study showed that women who routinely practiced yoga had lower amounts of the cytokine interleukin-6 (il-6) in their blood.

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Yoga Reduces Cytokine Levels Known to Promote Inflammation

newswise.com — “Regularly practicing yoga exercises may lower a number of compounds in the blood and reduce the level of inflammation that normally rises because of both normal aging and stress, a new study has shown.” View full resource at newswise.com