ANALYSIS OF TESTS CONDUCTED ON DAY 1 and DAY 7 of the Advanced Shree Vidya Shivir
conducted at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus by
Research & Development Team of Super Religare Laboratories
His Holiness Avdhoot Baba Shivanandji conducted a seven day Advanced Shree VidyaShivir at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus from 21st May 2011 to 28th May 2011. The shivir was designed to initiate participants into advanced Shree Vidya meditation and manifestation techniques. Close to 3,000 seekers participated in the seven day programme that included several steps of initiation and advanced meditational techniques.
Babaji invited scientists and medical professionals to carry out comprehensive pre and post Shivir diagnostic tests on randomly chosen participants at this shivir. Twenty sadhak volunteers were randomly selected with no pre-screening for any specific health condition or disease pre-disposition for the experiments. Interview with sample participants brought out a wide spectrum of health conditions ranging from normal, near normal to highly complex medical pre-condition. Blood samples of all twenty sadhaks were drawn before the commencement of the shivir and on the last day of the shivir. The specimens were transported by air to the Central R&D laboratory of Super Religare Laboratories, India’s largest diagnostic facility accredited by the College of American Pathologists and National Accreditation Board for Labs.
The following tests were conducted:
1. Lipid Profile
2.Diabetic Profile
3.Renal Profile
4.Liver Function Test
5.Electrolytes
6.Protein Chemistry
7.RNA and DNA Analysis
Summary of Findings
Statistical Mean values of all parameters together with Standard Deviations and Pearson’s Coefficient (to test significance) were measured on both sets of samples drawn. The positive changes seen in all parameters except Renal Profile indicated that Advanced Shree Vidya practices taught by His Holiness Babaji made a sizable difference in the state of health of the randomly chosen sample. As the sample was randomly drawn, it can be safely inferred that the positive health changes that were seen were very representative of the benefits experienced by all participants. The positive variances seen in renal function parameters were indicative of detoxification process that is seen to accompany advanced meditational practices.
The values shown in red below are in the abnormal range. The unshaded values are in the normal range and green shading indicates move from abnormal to normal or normal to super-normal. The red shading in Pearson’s p value suggests changes that may not deem to be statistically significant because of small sample size.
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Variable/Group |
Baseline (Day 0) (Mean +_ SD) |
1 week (Day 7) (Mean +_ SD) |
Normal Range |
Units |
p value |
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n=20 |
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A) Diabetic panels |
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1. Fasting Blood Sugar |
90.9+-41.4 |
93.9+-48 |
74-100 |
mg/dl |
0.8 |
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2. HbA1C |
Not available |
6.1+-1.2 |
4 - 6 |
% |
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3. Insulin |
17.2+-10.9 |
9.5+-6.2 |
1.70-31.0 |
mU/L |
0.01 |
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4. Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Post |
2.1+-1.4 |
1.6+-0.9 |
0.81-3.85 |
ng/ml |
0.2 |
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B) Lipid profile |
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1) Triglyceride |
180.6+-117.8 |
140+-100 |
30-150 |
mg/dl |
0.2 |
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2) Cholesterol |
194+-42 |
186+-42 |
0-200 |
mg/dl |
0.5 |
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3) HDL (Good Cholesterol) |
48.4+-11.5 |
46+-9.3 |
40-60 |
mg/dl |
0.5 |
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4) LDL (Bad Cholesterol) |
126.7+-63 |
119+-34.4 |
0-99 |
mg/dl |
0.5 |
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C) Renal profile |
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1) Creatinine |
1.2+-1.6 |
1.6+-3.7 |
0.60-1.30 |
mg/dl |
0.6 |
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2)Blood Urine Nitrogen |
10.7+-4.3 |
11.8+-13.5 |
7-18 |
mg/dl |
0.7 |
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3) Uric Acid |
5+-1.2 |
5.1+-1.1 |
2.6-7.2 |
mg/dl |
0.9 |
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D) Electrolytes |
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1) Sodium |
140.5+-1.8 |
140.7+-1.8 |
136-145 |
mmol/L |
0.7 |
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2) Potassium |
3.9+-0.2 |
4.2+-.5 |
3.5-5.1 |
mmol/L |
0.05 |
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3) Chloride |
103+-2.5 |
102.1+-2 |
98-107 |
mmol/L |
0.2 |
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E) Liver function test |
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1)TP |
7.8+-0.4 |
7.6+-0.2 |
6.4-8.2 |
g/dl |
0.1 |
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2)ALB |
4.3+-0.2 |
4.1+-0.7 |
3.4-5 |
g/dl |
0.1 |
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3) A/G |
1.2+-0.1 |
1.2+-.1 |
1-2.1 |
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0.9 |
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4) Glob |
3.4+-0.3 |
3.3+-0.2 |
2-4.1 |
g/dl |
0.3 |
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F) Protein chemistry |
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1) Albumin |
5+-0.3 |
4.9+-0.3 |
3.2-4.6 |
g/dl |
0.6 |
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2) Alpha-1 |
0.2+-0.02 |
0.2+-0.01 |
0.15-0.33 |
g/dl |
0.1 |
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3) Alpha-2 |
0.8+-0.09 |
0.8+-0.06 |
0.72-1.06 |
g/dl |
0.3 |
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4) Beta |
0.8+-0.1 |
0.6+-0.1 |
0.74-1.06 |
g/dl |
0.01 |
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5) Gamma |
1.1+-0.3 |
1.0+-0.2 |
0.91-1.71 |
g/dl |
0.5 |
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6) Total Protein |
8.1+-0.4 |
7.8+-0.3 |
6.4-8.2 |
g/dl |
0.01 |
The remarkable favourable changes seen in the samples in a short duration of seven days encouraged the scientists and researchers to extract the DNA. The analysis of DNA is currently in progress to evaluate the specific changes at the DNA level of the participants who attended the Advanced Shree Vidya Shivir.
