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Yoga and Inflammation: How Mind Body Practice Modulates Cytokines, CRP, and Immune Health
Yoga and Inflammation: How Mind Body Practice Modulates Cytokines, CRP, and Immune Health
In this episode, we examine a 2024 systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating yoga’s impact on inflammatory biomarkers including IL-6, TNF-α, CRP, and NF-κB. Across 26 randomized controlled trials, yoga demonstrated consistent trends toward immune modulation, highlighting its potential role as a complementary therapy in chronic inflammatory conditions.
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