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Posted 4/6/2017 1:27 PM (GMT 0)
"Many people use yoga to increase their quality of life. Our study suggests that it might be worthwhile to consider yoga as part of a multimodal integrative approach for treating ulcerative colitis,"

/www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-04/w-yhp040417.php

www.medicaldaily.com/yoga-linked-healthier-happier-lives-patients-ulcerative-colitis-inflammatory-414966
Posted 4/6/2017 2:09 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting. Just wanted to note that this was studied on patients who have already reached remission and is used as an anti-inflammatory response via reduced stress.

Personally yoga has helped me, because it's often the only form of exercise I can muster while in a flare up. I also found that certain poses helped release gas and aided bowel movements by moving them along.

Here is the full clinical trial.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apt.14062/full
Posted 4/6/2017 3:02 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting. Here is another article about exercise and gut microbiome
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254616300163
Posted 4/8/2017 12:01 AM (GMT 0)
It's frustrating reading posts here about folks who don't want to give up their coffee or donuts or couch surfing. If you have a chronic disease the #1 step it to get up and get healthy one way or another, thats just a starting point. One of the great things about yoga is awareness of one's health and stress levels. Of course activity levels and health are connected, we already knew that (I hope).
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