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Laughter, the Jest Medicine

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  • It The ancient scriptures give us some good advice about laughter. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.”

    When we’re laughing, natural killer cells that destroy tumors and viruses increase, as do Gamma-interferon and T-cells, which supercharge our immune function to protect us from a host of diseases, flu and cold viruses and upper respiratory problems.

    A dose of the giggles also lowers blood pressure, triggers a flow of endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, and produces a general sense of well being.

    A touch of levity also gives us a perspective on our problems and helps us to accept the things that we cannot change.

    Author Patty Wooten writes,

    “The ability to laugh at a situation or problem gives us a feeling of superiority and power. Humor and laughter can foster a positive and hopeful attitude.”

    Laughter is a complex response that involves many of the same skills as problem solving. Enjoying a good joke is a mind-altering experience, which involves the whole brain. 

    Humor researcher Peter Derks has shown that there is a unique pattern of brain wave activity that actually jumps back and forth through the various processing centers of the brain to follow the pattern of a joke from the beginning to its punch line.

    Norman Cousins, who has written extensively on this subject, says that a good belly laugh is a “kind of internal jogging” and is a good source of cardio exercising.   

    Researchers estimate that laughing 100 times is equal to 10 minutes on the rowing machine. This is no doubt good news for some of you out there who show exercise at the bottom of your “I’ll do this later when I’m not so busy” list.

    Bernie Siegel MD, cancer survivor and author of “How To Live Between Office Visits says, "The simple truth is that happy people generally don't get sick."

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