Biological age measures how old a person is physiologically. As a group, long-term meditators who had been practicing Transcendental Meditation for more than 5 years were physiologically 12 years younger than their chronological age, as measured by reduction of blood pressure, and better near-point vision and auditory discrimination. Short-term meditators were physiologically 5 years younger than their chronological age. The study controlled for the effects of diet and exercise. The Effects of the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi program on the aging process, International - See more at: http://tmsw.org.uk/tmhampshiremic.org.uk/index.php/proven-benefits/research-on-the-body#sthash.IYPENMAZ.dpuf