A short article in the New York Times reports a small but significant study of 200 patients at high risk for coronary artery disease over a 5 year period. Among those who meditated, there were 20 heart attacks, stokes and deaths. In the control group, there were 32.
The meditators remained healthy longer and had lower blood pressures.
Dr. Robert Schneider, Director of the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention, states that the stress reduction that accompanies meditation can reduce the production of stress hormones and lessen the inflammatory processes which are associated with atheroschlerosis.
Check out the article “Regimens: Meditation, for the Mind and the Heart”
