Laughter Recent medical research is showing how laughter is beneficial for our health. Dr. Lee Berk, is a researcher at Loma Linda Universitys School of Medicine in the USA. His studies indicate that laughter boosts the bodys immune system by releasing beneficial hormones and decreases stress hormones that can lead to disease. His research also suggests laughing can lower blood pressure and be good for the heart. (14) Norman Cousins the American publisher healed himself through an intensive programme of watching funny films and reading joke books. He laughed so much that his cancer went into remission. (15) The key sound in the English language for laughing is the H sound. The sounds that we use to laugh with, ‘Ha Ha’, ‘Ho Ho’, ‘He He’, all use our diaphragm muscles. When we laugh it makes us breathe deeply, activating the parasympathetic nervous system, the part of the nervous system that calms us down. The most efficient absorption of oxygen takes place at the bottom of the lungs because there are more blood vessels there. When we laugh we breathe more deeply and absorb more oxygen.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Apr 2014 03:37:35 +0000
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