You feel exhausted after a good
laugh? Your eyes waters and your abdominal muscles aches as of a one hour work
out. A good laughter can replace a good physical workout. Laugh makes you feel
better. Laugh can boost your immunity level. Laugh can lower your risks of
heart attack. Laugh can make your relationships stronger. Did you know that
laugh can reduce your blood sugar level too..! Yes it can, let me explain it in
detail.
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We change physiologically when we
laugh. We stretch muscles throughout our face and body, our pulse and blood
pressure go up, and we breathe faster, sending more oxygen to our tissues.
Human beings love to laugh, and the average adult laughs 17
times a day.
Let me list out some
of the unthinkable health benefits of laughter
1) It
can manage your pain.
Laughing increase our
tolerance for pain by releasing endorphins (peptides that offer a feeling of
well-being and help with pain management).
While dealing with painful situations laughter will serve you as a good
distraction.
Laughter may be one of the best
natural painkillers which do not need a prescription.
2) Laughter
can boost your immune system
Laughter reduces levels
of certain stress hormones that suppress the immune system. When we're
laughing, natural killer cells that destroy tumors and viruses increase, as do
Gamma-interferon (a disease-fighting protein), T-cells, which are a major part
of the immune response, and B-cells, which make disease-destroying antibodies.
Laughter also increases the concentration of
salivary immunoglobulin A, which defends against infectious organisms entering
through the respiratory tract.
3) Laughter
can lower your blood glucose level
In a few small studies researchers
discovered that laughter has a positive impact on blood glucose levels.
A study
showed that positive emotions such as laughter acted on the neuroendocrine
system and suppressed the elevation of blood glucose level.
Another study tracked
the effect of long-term laughter therapy on the renin-angiotensin system
(regulates blood pressure) in subjects with type 2 diabetes. Most notably,
plasma renin levels dropped dramatically, an indicator that laughter may help
diabetics avoid microvascular-related complications.
4) Laughter
as a physical workout
Researchers estimate
that laughing 100 times is equal to 10 minutes on the rowing machine or 15
minutes on an exercise bike. So I suggest you to create a laughing club in your
Gym club and spend a little time on laughing.
Do you know that why do
you feel exhausted after a good laugh? It is because Laughter gives your
diaphragm and abdominal, respiratory, facial, leg and back muscles a workout.
5) Laughter
improves blood pressure and flow
Cardiologists from the
University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, says that laughter is a
free medicine for your heart to keep it healthy.
study conducted by Maryland Medical Center
first to indicate that laughter may help prevent heart disease, found that
people with heart disease were 40 percent less likely to laugh in a variety of
situations compared to people of the same age without heart disease.
A good laughter
increases blood circulation to the brain and heart which can prevent
arthrosclerosis
.
.
6) Laughter
can boost your social skills and relationships
No one really likes to
hang up with gloomy people. People love to spent times with witty people who
laugh more and make others laugh. Laughter can break the ice in a group
gathering and can make any one drag into fun.
Dr. Provine from Psychology
today says that “Laughter establishes--or restores--a positive emotional
climate and a sense of connection between two people, who literally take
pleasure in the company of each other”.
Laughter plays a big role in mating.
Men like women who laugh heartily in their presence.
7) Laughter
helps you to decrease your stress
The Mayo Clinic found
that laughter can help activate and relieve stress response. According to the
Mayo Clinic site, a rollicking laugh fires up and then cools down a stress
response, while increasing heart rate and blood pressure, creating a good, relaxed
feeling.
It is discovered that, Levels of
stress hormones like cortisol and epinephrine tend to decrease during bouts of
laughter.
So let me tell you that
laughter has got unthinkable health benefits. It makes your relations stronger
and healthier. Laughter can make your friends stick around with you. Remember,
when you make someone laugh, you laugh more. So start doing some laughter
exercises.
When you practice laughing exercise
alone, make sure that there is no one watching you. Or else they will laugh at you.
Keep laughing | stay healthy J
Source:-
science.howstuffworks.com http://www.utmb.edu/gem/pdfs/laughter.pdf
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