{"id":5899,"date":"2013-05-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.195.175\/index.php\/2013\/05\/30\/harvard-study-shows-meditation-can-positively-alter-dna\/"},"modified":"2013-05-30T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T06:00:00","slug":"harvard-study-shows-meditation-can-positively-alter-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodworldnews.org\/index.php\/2013\/05\/30\/harvard-study-shows-meditation-can-positively-alter-dna\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard study shows meditation can positively alter DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"\"-\n

Most of us could guess that meditation improves relaxation and lowers blood pressure, but to change DNA?!\u00a0 Woaah, now that’s wild!<\/p>\n

“Researchers at Harvard found that meditating for just eight weeks dramatically alters gene expression, \u201cturning off\u201d hundreds of genes conducive to the onset of disease while \u201cturning on\u201d hundreds of genes conducive to health.” (Journal of Scientific Exploration<\/span><\/a>) <\/p>\n

The study went on to say how meditation extends an individual’s lifespan.\u00a0 “…meditation seems to extend lifespan at the cellular level through the action of telomerase, an enzyme that repairs telomeres, the endings of chromosome that provide a biological marker of how long a person will live”<\/p>\n

No wonder people have been doing this for thousands of years \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

And that’s what’s good,<\/p>\n

Jon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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