Our earlier studies have reported that exposure of adult female Wistar rats to pyramid environment reduces stress, oxidative stress and increases antioxidant defence in them ( 11). Research has shown that the energy field within the pyramid can act as antistressor and thus protect the hippocampal neurons from stress-induced atrophy ( 10). Oxidative stress is implicated in the etiopathogenesis of a variety of human diseases ( 6–9).Īlthough claims based on observation and experience are many to support the role of pyramid exposure in coping with stress, scientific studies confirming the same are few. This state is called oxidative stress and can result in serious cell damage if the stress is massive or prolonged. However, this balance can be shifted towards the prooxidant when production of ROS is increased or when levels of antioxidants are diminished. In a normal cell, there is an appropriate prooxidant: antioxidant balance. Some of the important antioxidants include GSH, glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and SOD.
On the other hand, compounds and reactions disposing off these species, scavenging them, suppressing their formation or opposing their actions are called as antioxidants. Chemical compounds and reactions capable of generating potential toxic oxygen species/free radicals are referred to as prooxidants. ROS are known to cause oxidative damage to macromolecules ( 5). MDA is a product of reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated damage to the polyunsaturated fatty acids. Emotional stress is known to increase the plasma levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), and the plasma levels of MDA have been reported to directly correlate with the severity of emotional stress in human beings ( 4). High levels of glucocorticoids are known to decrease blood reduced glutathione (GSH) and erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in rats ( 3). It is well known that stress causes an increase in glucocorticoid levels. In the competitive world of modern technology, mental and emotional stress has become an unavoidable part of life and is known to have deleterious effects on physical and mental well-being.
Claims of ‘pyramid energy’ promoting relaxation gain a lot of significance in this age of civilization and modernization which have made stressful life inevitable. Some of the findings of such studies include rapid growth of plants, faster healing of bruises and burns, longer preservation of milk, and increased vitalization and better relaxation in human subjects ( 2). The effect of this ‘pyramid energy’ has been studied on solids, liquids, plants, animals and even human volunteers. Pyramid research to date reveals some evidence that the space within the great pyramid and its smaller replicas enhances, intensifies and/or generates energy of the electromagnetic spectrum and other forms or degrees of the so-called universal energy ( 1). The results showed that housing in pyramid counteracts neuroendocrine and oxidative stress caused by chronic restraint in rats.
However, these parameters were maintained to near normal levels in RP rats which showed significantly decreased erythrocyte MDA and plasma cortisol and significantly increased erythrocyte GSH levels, erythrocyte GSH-Px and SOD activities when compared with RS rats. Erythrocyte malondialdehyde (MDA) and plasma cortisol levels were significantly increased and erythrocyte-reduced glutathione (GSH) levels, erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities were significantly decreased in RC and RS rats as compared to NC. Adult female Wistar rats were divided into four groups as follows: normal controls (NC) housed in home cage and left in the laboratory restrained rats (with three subgroups) subject to chronic restraint stress by placing in a wire mesh restrainer for 6 h per day for 14 days, the restrained controls (RC) having their restrainers kept in the laboratory restrained pyramid rats (RP) being kept in the pyramid and restrained square box rats (RS) in the square box during the period of restraint stress everyday. In this study, we have, for the first time, attempted to study the antistress effects of pyramid exposure on the status of cortisol level, oxidative damage and antioxidant status in rats during chronic restraint stress.
Research has shown that the energy field within the pyramid can protect the hippocampal neurons of mice from stress-induced atrophy and also reduce neuroendocrine stress, oxidative stress and increase antioxidant defence in rats. The space within the great pyramid and its smaller replicas is believed to have an antistress effect.
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