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Meditation plays a part in improving multiple health conditions

Paul Ebeling
Last updated: August 15, 2022 9:16 pm
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“Meditation’s positive effects are well recognized, but not that much is known regarding its genetic and molecular effects”–Paul Ebeling

Some insight

Mindfulness meditation represents a mental training framework for cultivating the state of mindful awareness in daily life. Recently, there has been lots of interest in how mindfulness meditation improves human health and well-being. Although studies have shown that mindfulness meditation can improve self-reported measures of disease symptomatology, the effect that mindfulness meditation has on biological mechanisms underlying human aging and disease is less clear.

In an in-depth genomic study of how the biological processes that are involved in the development of disease are influenced by meditation, researchers discovered that 8 days of intense meditation results in powerful immune system activation.

Genetic profile samples provided by 106 individuals were examined before and after an “Inner Engineering” retreat, which runs yoga and meditation programs focusing on inner well-being. The retreat is closely regulated with participants staying silent for 8 days, meditating over 10 hrs daily, consuming vegan meals, and adhering to a regular sleep schedule.

Samples of blood were taken from individuals participating in the retreat 5 to 8 wks ahead of time, then just before the retreat started and after it ended, and also 3 months later. The analysis identified various immune-related as well as other cellular pathways that were changed following the meditation retreat. Elevated activity after the retreat was discovered in 220 genes directly associated with the immune response.

This included increased activity in 68 genes linked to interferon signaling, an important aspect of the body’s anti-cancer and anti-virus responses. It was also determined that the immune system enhancement following the retreat is mainly a result of meditation and not gender differences, sleep patterns or eating plan.

The blood samples provided over 70-M data points from which the researchers discovered that the Inner Engineering practices dramatically activated multiple genes associated with the immune system.

According to the researchers, the gene activity increase in interferon-signaling genes is especially significant. Interferon proteins encourage other immune system parts to defend against viruses and some studies have revealed that there’s an interferon signaling imbalance in individuals who have severe COVID-19   The researchers discovered that meditation essentially makes use of a coordinated core gene network and regulators to positively influence the immune system.

According to the researchers, the results could also be potentially beneficial for numerous immune-related conditions which include multiple sclerosis and COVID-19. While activity in the 68 interferon-related genes is boosted by meditation, individuals suffering from severe COVID-19 have a lack of interferon activity which inhibits the fighting of viruses.

There was a big difference when interferon gene activity in the individuals participating in the retreat was compared to individuals severely ill with COVID-19. Interferon-response genes were activated by 97% with meditation, in comparison to gene activation of 76% in individuals with mild COVID-19 and 31% in cases of severe COVID-19.

The opposite pattern for inflammation-signaling genes was also observed, where substantially high levels of inflammatory genes were seen in severe individuals with COVID-19, in comparison to mildly ill individuals and no change in inflammatory genes following meditation.

Meditation also produced beneficial gene activity similar to conventional interferon treatments administered to individuals with multiple sclerosis. The researchers concluded the results support the notion that meditation plays a part in potentially improving multiple health conditions.

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By Paul Ebeling
Paul A. Ebeling, a polymath, excels, in diverse fields of knowledge Including Pattern Recognition Analysis in Equities, Commodities and Foreign Exchange, and he is the author of "The Red Roadmaster's Technical Report on the US Major Market Indices, a highly regarded, weekly financial market commentary. He is a philosopher, issuing insights on a wide range of subjects to over a million cohorts. An international audience of opinion makers, business leaders, and global organizations recognize Ebeling as an expert.   
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