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Decreased Stress Hormone

Transcendental Meditation - Decreased Stress Hormone
Plasma cortisol is a stress hormone. The study shows that plasma cortisol decreased during Transcendental Meditation, whereas it did not change significantly in control subjects during ordinary relaxation.
Adrenocortical activity during meditation, Hormones and Behavior 10(1): 54­60, 1978.