Laughter can give the body a boost

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It's fun to share a good laugh, but did you know it can actually improve our health, strengthen our relationships, find our greater happiness? Let's exploit the benefits of laughter in the article below.

1. Laughter in daily life


Laughter draws people together. In ways that can trigger healthy physical and emotional changes in the body. Laughter boosts your immune system. This improves your mood, reduces pain, and protects you from the damaging effects of stress. It is humor that will help ease your burden, spark hope, and connect you with others. In addition, it also helps you stay grounded, focused and alert, so you can release anger and forgive sooner.
Laughter with so much power to heal and renew. Having the ability to laugh often is a great resource for problem solving. This in turn strengthens your relationships, supporting both physical and emotional health. This is an invaluable but very enjoyable drug, free and easy to use.
When growing up, smiling a lot is often harder to appear because of the pressures of life. But we still have plenty of ways to find funny opportunities. Laughter can improve your emotional health, strengthen relationships, find greater happiness, and even increase your lifespan.

Cười thường xuyên là một nguồn lực to lớn để giải quyết các vấn đề
Cười thường xuyên là một nguồn lực to lớn để giải quyết các vấn đề

2. Laughing a lot is good for health


“One smile is equal to ten tonic scales”, yes, smiling a lot, laughing often will help you have a better health. Specifically:
Laughter relaxes the whole body: A cheerful, refreshing laugh will relieve stress. Plus, it helps your muscles relax for up to 45 minutes afterward. Laughter strengthens the immune system: It is laughter that reduces stress hormones, thereby increasing immune cells and infection-fighting antibodies. Therefore, it helps to improve your resistance to disease. Laughter triggers the release of Endorphins, the natural chemical: Endorphins help promote an overall sense of well-being, in addition to providing temporary pain relief. Laughter Protects the Heart: Laughter improves blood vessel function and increases blood flow. It can help protect you against heart attack and a number of other cardiovascular problems. Laughter Burns Calories: One study found that laughing for 10 to 15 minutes a day can burn about 40 calories. It may be enough to lose 3 or 4 pounds over the course of a year. Laughter makes your anger go away: Looking at the humorous side can bring problems into perspective of what's going on. It allows you to continue to confront without holding on to hatred or bitterness. Laughter can help you live longer: A Norwegian study found that people with a good sense of humour, often laugh, live longer than those who lack a smile. Especially for patients undergoing cancer treatment, laughter really helps them to have more energy every day. In the last few decades, a number of researchers have studied the effects of laughter on the body, then came up with some interesting information about how it affects us:
Sugar Blood: A study was conducted on 19 people with diabetes to see the impact of laughter on blood sugar levels, the study was carried out as follows: Day One: After eating, the whole group participated in the study. attend a boring lecture. Everyone in the group had their blood sugar measured again after watching the presentation. Day two: The group eats the same meal and then watches a comedy. Everyone in the group had their blood sugar measured again after watching the comedy. The results showed that the group had lower blood sugar levels than after the presentation. Immune response: Increased stress is associated with a decreased immune system response. Several studies have shown that humor can be used to raise levels of infection-fighting antibodies in the body and boost immune cell levels.

Cười nhiều, cười thường xuyên sẽ giúp bạn có một sức khỏe tốt hơn
Cười nhiều, cười thường xuyên sẽ giúp bạn có một sức khỏe tốt hơn

3. What happens when we laugh?


When we laugh, our physiology changes. We stretch muscles all over the face, body, pulse and blood pressure also increase. At the same time breathing faster, sending more oxygen to our tissues.
Those who believe in the benefits of laughter say it can be like a light exercise. Someone once said: “The effects of laughter and exercise are very similar. When combined with laughter and movement like waving, is a great way to increase heart rate ''.
William Fry, a pioneer in the study of laughter, claimed that it took over 10 minutes on the rowing machine for his heart rate to reach the desired level after just 1 minute of laughter.
Laughter means so much to us. Therefore, let's try to smile more every day so that our lives always have good things.

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References: helpguide.org, webmd.com
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