{"id":8771,"date":"2009-05-31T01:00:25","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=8771"},"modified":"2009-05-28T21:09:08","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T02:09:08","slug":"yoga-eases-pain-of-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/yoga-eases-pain-of-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoga Eases Pain of Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1480\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/7-healthy-strategies-for-fighting-breast-cancer\/breast-cancer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1480\" title=\"Breast Cancer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/breast_cancer_awareness.jpg\" alt=\"Breast Cancer\" width=\"175\" height=\"348\" \/><\/a>For the almost 200,000 American\u00a0women who are newly diagnosed with <a title=\"breast cancer prevention\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/10\/7-healthy-strategies-for-fighting-breast-cancer\/\" target=\"_self\">breast cancer<\/a> every year, yoga may offer respite and rejuvenation during their arduous journey with this most common form of cancer (excluding skin cancer).<\/p>\n<p>A recent study from Duke University Medical Center suggested that when women with breast cancer engaged in yoga postures, meditation and <a title=\"yoga breathing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/breathing-correctly-in-yoga\/\" target=\"_self\">breathing exercises<\/a> for two months, they experienced less pain and fatigue and were significantly more relaxed.<\/p>\n<p>Although this study was small, just 13 women\u00a0who have\u00a0advanced breast cancer,\u00a0 it does provide the\u00a0first, tentative evidence for yoga&#8217;s potential benefits in this vulnerable population of women with limited <a title=\"resveratrol\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/resveratrol\/\" target=\"_self\">life expectancy<\/a>, says lead author of the study,\u00a0 Dr. James W. Carson.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Creating harmony and a sense of peace for those coping with cancer is a trying and very difficult process. While\u00a0mind-body practices like yoga and tai-chi, which have been around for thousands of years, are believed to reduce stress and impart many other health benefits, validating their efficacy in rigorous scientifically-controlled studies is not easy. But this study, albeit small, does provide us with important evidence that illustrates yoga&#8217;s powerful effects in helping us react to situations, as serious as they may be, with acceptance and equanimity.<\/p>\n<p>Other studies on breast cancer patients shows that yoga might assist with <a title=\"benefits of sleep\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/sleep-better-with-yoga\/\" target=\"_self\">improving sleep<\/a>, improving physical strength, boosting energy and enhancing the overall quality of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the almost 200,000 American\u00a0women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer every year, yoga may offer respite and rejuvenation during their arduous journey with this most common form of cancer (excluding skin cancer). A recent study from Duke University &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/yoga-eases-pain-of-breast-cancer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[47,277,342,31,761,383,320,30],"class_list":["post-8771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-breast-cancer","tag-breathing","tag-health","tag-health-news","tag-relaxation","tag-research-studies","tag-stress","tag-yoga"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8771"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8780,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8771\/revisions\/8780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}