Meditating For Better Health

In recent years, scientists and doctors have discovered that there are many health benefits to meditation. Reductions in blood pressure, heart rate and cholesterol levels were observed in numerous studies, while some even recorded an increase in verbal creativity and reduced visual reaction time.

Dr Patricia Bloom, associate professor of geriatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, shared these findings at a recent talk she gave in Singapore at the invitation of the Tsao Foundation, while emphasising that more rigorous studies are needed. Her talk, "Meditation as Medicine", gave insight into how meditation can be a drug-free way of reducing the harmful effects of stress on the body.

Dr Bloom explained that chronic stress has the potential to produce illness. It can worsen or even cause cardiovascular, metabolic, gastrointestinal diseases. It can inhibit a person's immune system and make him more prone to infectious illnesses. (MORE)

Source: Asia One