Transcendental Meditation, Diabetes Mellitus and Other Disorders
David Lovell-Smith
Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute December 1, 2016 DOI: 10.66743/tzzd1854 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Transcendental Meditation |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key points | Argues that Transcendental Meditation and associated Maharishi Ayur-Ved techniques can extend dietary and exercise measures into a more global strategy for preventing type-2 diabetes, which affected more than 22.3 million people in the United States in 2012 at an estimated cost of $245 billion. |
Abstract
A pandemic of type-2 diabetes threatens to bankrupt Western industrialized nations. In 2012, in the United States alone, more than 22.3 million people (about 7 percent of the U.S. population) suffered from the disease at an estimated cost of $245 billion. Prevention has so far focused on dietary manipulation and exercise. On completing this paper the reader will have gained practical knowledge of the significant contribution that Transcendental Meditation and its associated techniques from Maharishi Ayur-Ved can make in extending these measures to a more global prevention strategy.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness: A proposed operational definition. | 2004 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mechanisms of mindfulness | 2005 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression | 2006 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART): a framework for understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of mindfulness | 2012 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
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