Is Yoga the Key to Aging Gracefully?

瑜伽是优雅变老的关键吗?

它被称为一种宗教、一种实践和世界上最古老的锻炼形式。现在学术界正在研究它的抗衰老能力。

瑜伽这门古老学科早在公元前 3300 年就开始流行,随着学者们寻找优雅衰老的关键,瑜伽这一古老学科正在重新成为研究焦点。

根据《老年医学与研究进展》杂志最近的一项研究,新的研究正在采取更严格的方法来研究瑜伽的积极影响,通过进行严格的分析,包括更大的样本量和更好设计的工程研究。总的来说,这些研究表明瑜伽对细胞衰老、活动能力、平衡、心理健康和认知能力下降具有积极影响——简而言之,它可以减缓所有导致衰老如此不舒服、具有破坏性和致命性的因素。

 

瑜伽:简短入门

瑜伽是起源于古印度的一组身体、心理和精神练习。这些练习的目的是让心灵平静并认识到超然意识的好处。印度教、佛教和耆那教都有传统形式的瑜伽,尽管其确切起源尚不清楚。虽然瑜伽起源于东方,但如今,瑜伽已被世界各地不同背景的人们所接受和练习。

瑜伽在高龄人群和行动不便的人群中越来越受欢迎,因为大部分瑜伽可以在坐姿或斜躺位置进行,对力量的要求最低,时间要求也最低,对设备或设备的要求几乎为零。空间。

瑜伽之所以受欢迎,还因为练习瑜伽的人说它有很多好处。瑜伽自我报告的好处包括增加灵活性、增加肌肉力量、改善肌张力、改善呼吸、增加能量、提高活力、防止受伤、减肥、维持平衡的新陈代谢等等。

 Yoga Counteracts the Aging Process

 


瑜伽对抗衰老过程

在今年夏天发表的一项研究中,Madhivanan 等人引用了最近的研究,该研究支持瑜伽可以对抗衰老过程的假设。其中一项研究发现,为期 12 周的课程(包括经典瑜伽姿势、呼吸练习和冥想)与细胞衰老生物标志物水平的积极变化相关,其中包括 8-OH2dG(DNA 损伤的产物)。其他积极的变化包括氧化应激标记物和端粒的改善,端粒是随着每次细胞复制而缩短的细胞块。

研究还描述了长期瑜伽对大脑前额叶和后皮质之间连接的影响,这会影响工作记忆、空间注意力和决策。这些研究引用的证据表明,练习瑜伽至少八年的老年女性比那些没有参加瑜伽的女性拥有更好的功能性大脑连接。另一项研究发现,为期 90 天的瑜伽和冥想静修与脑源性神经营养因子、下丘脑-垂体轴活动的减少以及总体炎症活动较低的 IL-10 指标的增加和 IL-12 指标的减少有关,这与与过早衰老。

 

三个月瑜伽和冥想静修的结果

 

Results of a Three-Month Yoga and Meditation Retreat

 

Cahn 等人在 2017 年发表在《人类神经科学前沿》上的一项研究中。描述了参与者三个月瑜伽和冥想静修的结果。每个人在活动前后都接受了各种心理测量、脑源性神经营养因子(BDNF)、昼夜唾液皮质醇水平以及促炎和抗炎细胞因子的评估。

 

作者写道:“参与静修活动被发现与自我报告的焦虑和抑郁的减少以及正念的增加有关。”他补充说,静修活动还有许多其他抗衰老的好处,包括:

 

  • 血浆 BDNF 水平增加,皮质醇觉醒反应 (CAR) 强度增加。

  • BDNF 水平的标准化变化与静修前和静修后的 BSI-18 焦虑评分呈负相关,因此焦虑评分较高的人往往在静修前和静修后表现出较小的血浆 BDNF 水平增加。

  • 血浆中抗炎细胞因子白细胞介素 10 的水平升高,促炎细胞因子白细胞介素 12 的水平下降。

  • 与最初的假设相反,其他促炎细胞因子的血浆水平,包括干扰素 γ (IFN-γ)、肿瘤坏死因子 (TNF-α)、白细胞介素 1β (IL-1β)、白细胞介素 6 (IL-6) ,和白细胞介素8(IL-8)在撤退后升高。

作者写道:“鉴于之前的研究证据表明冥想练习对心理健康、自主神经稳态和炎症状态有积极影响,我们假设这些发现与整个静修期间的冥想练习有关。” “然而,观察到的一些变化也可能与静修的其他方面有关,例如瑜伽练习和饮食中与体育锻炼相关的部分。我们假设这里观察到的变化模式反映了身心整合和幸福感。观察到的 BDNF 水平增加是冥想练习和大脑健康之间的潜在调节因素,CAR 增加可能反映了动态生理唤醒的增加,以及促炎和抗炎细胞因子变化的双重增强与健康免疫功能的关系。”

 

瑜伽适合您的抗衰老健康计划吗?

研究人员指出,每个人,尤其是老年人,在开始新的锻炼计划之前都应该咨询医生。也就是说,科学证明瑜伽具有广泛的抗衰老功效。您可能会发现活动能力增强,滑倒和跌倒的风险降低,认知能力下降,力量和灵活性增强,睡眠和心理健康得到改善。另外,这些好处不仅仅存在于铁杆追随者——Madhivanan 等人身上。研究指出,“典型的干预持续时间适中,每周约 45 分钟,持续 8 至 12 周。”

他们指出:“干预类型和难度级别的范围为几乎任何人提供了参与并获得健康益处的机会。”

想知道如何开始瑜伽吗?许多社区团体都会举办瑜伽课程,YouTube 和其他网站上充满了教程和教学视频。

 

 

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