Through numerous studies, research is adding weight to the old adage that laughter is the best medicine! Laughing often and heartily releases negative emotions, strengthens the immune system, reduces stress, improves digestion and can even help you to lose weight. woman laughing
Having laughter and humour in you life not only gives you pleasure and happiness but is a good aerobic exercise for the diaphragm and abdominal muscles. Laughter expands the lungs forcing more oxygen-enriched blood into the body’s cells, stimulating the heart and circulation and relaxing muscles.
A good laugh additionally promotes healing through the blocking of stress hormones such as cortisone and adrenaline. Furthermore serotonin the ‘happiness’ hormone is secreted, thus giving the brain a double pleasure boost. Laughter also improves stress coping mechanisms and increases the ability to relax through the release of tension and negative emotions. Through relaxing the body laughter reduces the risk of high blood pressure and strokes. The more often you laugh the greater the health benefits.
The use of humour to enhance the body’s immune system seems, from credible clinical evidence, to activate T-Cells which attack cancer cells and viruses in the body.
Laughter is also beneficial to your mental abilities as it stimulates both hemispheres of the brain. A good hearty laugh repairs damage done by constant stress which results in the constriction of blood flow between the two sides of the brain. In other words, laughter allows the brain to do more ‘whole’ of brain work. Taking time out for a laugh and a joke with colleagues at work is therefore not a time waster as it boosts creativity, problem-solving and information retention.
Therefore to benefit your mind and your body surround yourself with people who make you laugh and try and see the funny side of everyday challenges and situations that you face. You will then not only live longer but be happier as a result.
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