Did you
know that according to research, children laugh about 400 times a day while
adults only laugh about 15 times a day? Some how we lost the ability to laugh,
as we got older. Could it be that putting more humor and laughter into our day
will improve our health and well-being?
In an
article written by Drs. Gael Crystal and Patrick Flanagan they stated that;
"Scientists have found that laughter is a form of internal jogging that
exercises the body and stimulates the release of beneficial brain neurotransmitters
and hormones. Positive outlook and laughter is actually good for our health!
More than ever, scientific evidence suggests that laughter really is one of the
best medicines."
According
to a study done by Dr. Tan from California 's
Loma Linda University Medical Centre, laughter can have a huge impact on ourimmune system. The university conduced a study of average adults. One group of
adults was subject to an hour of laughter through watching videos of comedians
and another group sat quietly out of earshot of the first group.
What
did they find? Through regular blood tests carried out during the comedy shows
they found that the laughter group had an increase in good hormones and a
decrease in the body's stress hormone. Dr. Tan concluded that; "Laughter brings
a balance to all the components of the immune system." Some clinics are
now using this information with their patients. They are using laughter therapy
to replace anti-depressants and to reduce the use of painkillers. According to
researchers faking laughter will also produce the same health and well-being results as real laughter.
Do you
need to improve your ability to laugh more?
Well here are some tips from Family Scientist, Herbert G. Lingren to help all of you, who are humor impaired, to add laughter and humor to your everyday life.
Well here are some tips from Family Scientist, Herbert G. Lingren to help all of you, who are humor impaired, to add laughter and humor to your everyday life.
1. Hang
around funny friends, or better yet, marry a funny partner.
2.
Start looking for the absurd, silly, incongruous activities that go on around
you each day.
3. Take
a 5-10 minute humor break each day. Read jokes, add to a humor notebook, and
listen to a funny tape.
4. Rent
a comedy video, go to a funny movie, and watch humorous programs on television.
5. If
you hear a joke you really like, write it down, or tell it to someone else to
help you remember it.
My final
tip would be to spend more time having fun with children maybe you will catch a
few hundred laughs off them! Better still join a laughter club or start your
own.
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