Antioxidant Defence:

Antioxidant enzymes were also studied simultaneously in this very group. In our day to day living we are exposed to free radicals. Free radical mediated oxidation (oxidative stress) may contribute to pathophysiology of atherosclerosis, coronary heart disease (CHD), and other chronic diseases including cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. To counter this oxidative stress body has antioxidant defence in the form of glutathion and antioxidant enzymes: superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase and glutathion peroxidase.  These antioxidants were  measured in 10 subjects (experimental group) and 14 controls undergoing police training. Experimental group had  practised SKY & P for 5 months, while controls had not. Basal values for all these enzymes including  glutathione, catalase and SOD were higher in SKY & P practitioners compared to controls and there was further increase during Kriya. The work mentioned above, related  to fall in blood lactate and increase in antioxidant enzymes has already been accepted for publication in Biological Psychology (An International Journal).