Joe Dispenza claims seven-day retreats produce ‘advanced meditator’ brain and blood markers

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"Our data suggests that your autonomic nervous system manufactures a pharmacy of chemicals that works better than any drug. That's what our data shows. A drug study at its best is about 25%."

Dr Joe Dispenza tells Jay Shetty that data from his team’s testing of participants after seven-day meditation retreats shows biological changes he says rival or exceed drug effects. He contrasts what he calls typical drug-study response rates (‘about 25%’) with his claim that 75% to 100% of tested participants show the same outcome after a week, adding that their blood, plasma and brain measures ‘look like advanced meditators’ even when they were new to meditation.