Meditation Can Halve Risk of Stroke, Heart Attack
Nov 16th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Featured, MeditationMore good news for the ommmmm crowd: a recent study shows that Transcendental meditation techniques can cut the risk of heart attacks and strokes for those suffering from cardiovascular disease by half.
The study involved 201 African-American men and women with an average age of 59 who suffered from narrowing of arteries in their hearts.
They were randomly assigned to either practise transcendental meditation or take health education classes providing dietary and exercise advice.
Those in the first group were asked to spend at least 20 minutes twice a day meditating while sitting with their eyes closed.
Heart attacks, strokes,and deaths fell by 47 per cent in the meditation group.
Source: The Daily Mail
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