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.

Type 1 diabetes (sometimes called insulin-dependent or childhood-onset diabetes) occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar.

Type 1 diabetes (previously known as insulin-dependent, juvenile or childhood-onset) is characterized by deficient insulin production and requires daily administration of insulin.