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Six-day Deepak Chopra Holisitic Medicine Program Produces Benefits

Six-day Deepak Chopra Holisitic Medicine Program Produces Benefits

A study to assess the  health benefits of natural and holistic practices was performed with participants of a six day wellness program at the Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, Calif.  The study  subjects were shown to decrease  blood metabolites associated with inflammation, and risk of cardiovascular disease.

The research published in the journal Scientific Reports was authored by the well known advocate of Natural Medicine Deepak Chopra, MD,of California’s San Diego School of Medicine. Amazingly the study period was just 6 days. The study subjects ate a vegetarian diet, meditated, practiced yoga and received therapeutic massages. “It appears that a one-week Panchakarma program can significantly alter the metabolic profile of the person undergoing it,” said Dr. Chopra. Another of the studies’  authors  Christine Tara Peterson, PhD, explains, “Panchakarma refers to a detoxification and rejuvenation protocol involving massage, herbal therapy and other procedures to help strengthen and rejuvenate the body.The researchers looked at the effects of a Panchakarma-based Ayurvedic intervention on plasma metabolites in a controlled clinical trial.”

The study involved 119 healthy male and female participants  who stayed at the Chopra Center for Wellbeing. The researchers hypothesized that since results were seen after only six days, the improved biochemical markers were most likely due to the vegetarian diet component of the program. They say further studies are needed to understand the underlying processes and mechanisms involved.

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