In a New Delhi study of 149 non-insulin-dependent diabetics (NIDDM), sixty-nine percent of the respondents showed a fair to good response to yoga therapy.

Several studies have now shown that they may slow or even prevent the destruction of islet cells that leads to type1 diabetes and the dependence upon insulin injections.

Other studies have shown that in patients who have inflammation and diabetes, insulin-sensitizing drugs seem to reduce inflammation while anti-inflammatory therapies improve sensitivity to insulin.