subject: Half An Hour A Day Of Laughing, And No Need For The Apple To Stay Healthy [print this page] Laughter has been one of the most widely accepted therapies in curing a wide range of life-threatening diseases. And this is not merely a statement, but a proven fact after a series of tests were conducted to prove the same, from leading scientists across continents, to come to the same conclusion; laughter indeed is a great anti-depressant, and provides relief from a significant number of psychological as well as, hold your breath, PHYSICAL ailments as well. It has proven to be as effective as a multitude of the leading medicines, only difference being that it comes for free and does not have a limited dosage. The more you laugh, the better it is.
According to a recent study, half an hour of daily laughter can reduce stress levels significantly and leave a much healthier you. Basically, the laughter therapy consists of two stages:
Exercises: Your heart beat can reach up to a rate of 120 beats per minute while laughing, which consists of the arousal phase (when the heart rate increases) and the resolution phase (when the heart rate decreases). Further benefits of laughing include lowering the blood pressure, increasing vascular flow, boosting the immunity system, and a holistic workout to your diaphragm, abdominal, respiratory accessory and facial muscles.
Meditation: While you laugh, endorphins are released in the brain, which are neurotransmitters that act as natural pain killers by attaching themselves to the same receptors in the brains like the opiate drug, which numb pain by making us lose sense with reality. Laughter has a similar effect of numbing pain, though it obviously does not have the same kind of negative effects as the drug.
Further, another study has revealed that children laugh about 400 times a day, while adults do the same only 17 times. Isnt it amazing how much of our inner child we lose, much to the chagrin of our fading health, as we grow up?
However, one can easily find a healthy dose of adult jokes, doctor jokes, baseball jokes, and more on the internet. So dont waste time reading this, and log on to your favorite jokes site now, and rediscover the healthy side of life.
Did you know children laugh on average of 400 times per day, and adults only laugh 15 times per day? So if laughter is so good, why are we not doing more of it?
