研究顯示 瑜伽可以在高血壓前期降低血壓

A new study presented at the 68th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI) has revealed that yoga could be the answer to reducing blood pressure in patients with prehypertension.
印度心臟學會第68屆年會上提出的一項新研究表明，瑜伽可能是患者在高血壓前期降低血壓的解決辦法。

Without a lifestyle change, people with prehypertension — or blood pressure between 120-139 mmHg — are likely to develop hypertension.
如果不改變生活方式，處於高血壓前期或血壓在120-139毫米汞柱之間的人可能會出現高血壓。

Both prehypertension and high blood pressure increase the risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure.
高血壓前期和高血壓都會增加心臟病、中風和心力衰竭的風險。

Researchers examined 60 patients with hypertension but no other serious health issues to understand the impact of hatha yoga on blood pressure.
研究人員檢查了60位有高血壓但沒有其他嚴重健康問題的患者，瞭解哈他瑜伽對血壓的影響。

They were randomized into two groups of 30 in order to assess the effect of three months of yoga plus a conventional lifestyle change.
他們被隨機分爲兩組，每組30人，以評估練習三個月的瑜伽以及改變傳統的生活方式對血壓的影響。

Participants were both men and women, and the average age of participants was 56 years in the yoga group and 52 years in the control group. The practice included stretching exercises, breath control and meditation.
參加者有男有女，瑜伽組的平均年齡爲56歲，對照組爲52歲。練習包括伸展運動，呼吸控制和冥想。

Results showed that in the yoga group, blood pressure significantly decreased by approximately 4.5 mmHg. Meanwhile, those in the control group did not show any significant changes.
結果顯示，瑜伽組的血壓明顯降低約4.5毫米汞柱。然而，對照組沒有顯示任何明顯的變化。

Yoga is a part of traditional Indian culture, and has shown clear benefit in cases of prehypertension
瑜伽是傳統印度文化的一部分，在高血壓前期練習瑜伽的好處顯而易見。

Easy to practice and can be adapted by masses, yoga can go a long way in improving the overall health of the country.
瑜伽容易練習，羣衆可以接受，可以在很大程度上提高國家的整體健康水平。