Originally published July 11 2005
Meditation, coupled with other healthy habits, prevents and fights disease
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
While studies have proven that patients who meditate are better-equipped to fight disease, meditation alone usually does not solve health problems. Obviously one must eat right, exercise and concentrate on fighting the disease, but meditation can prove a healthful compliment to these other initiatives.
QUESTION: My neighbor said her doctor recommended she take up meditation to help her medical problems.
ANSWER: The short answer is probably yes.
There have been a bunch of studies looking at the medical benefits of meditation.
There has been some question about how some of these studies were conducted -- many accepted volunteers for the meditation patients and compared them to control subjects who did not meditate -- but there are now many studies that have shown benefits of meditation for a variety of medical problems.
No study has shown that meditation alone can completely replace medical treatments for everyone for any particular condition, but for many people the requirements for certain medications can be decreased or even eliminated.
Therefore the best way to look at meditation is as a complementary alternative treatment to be used in conjunction with other treatments as recommended by your health care provider.
The underlying idea behind meditation is that you concentrate on the here and now, clearing your mind of stress and worries.
It is believed that many medical conditions are either partially caused by or exacerbated by stress, and so relieving stress would logically give some patients benefit.
In this sense, meditation is just one of several mind-body therapies which includes hypnosis, support group counseling and biofeedback therapy, as well as other alternative therapies.
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