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Laughter Leads to Longer Living
Laughter is a part of everybody’s life. ... People are always drawn to someone who has a good sense of humor and, according to research; laughter can increase the immune, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive and muscular systems. ... Cheerful people are less depressed, get over sad events quicker, have higher achievement in school and at work, and tend to have better health; they may even live longer. ... For a while now scientists have done studies, research, and performed experiments concerning the effects of laughter on ones physical and mental health. ... Laughter is a kind of coping mechanism for the stresses of life. ... However, laughter can help put stress aside. Laughter is a type eustress that gets rid of distressful emotions that can cause harmful chemical effects. Laughter is like an exercise; laughing can lower your blood pressure, increase vascular flow, and boost the immune system. ... Laughter also releases endorphins in the brain; these are our bodys natural pain killers. ...
In one experiment where an all male group experienced laughter there were significant results that showed increased activity in IFN after watching the funny video and on into the following day. ... Carl Simonton leads us to believe that a persons emotional status does in fact affect their likelihood of getting cancer. Maybe, if people would start soothing their stress through laughter before they get cancer, there might be a reduction in the number of people who get cancer altogether. ... He was being given the maximum amount of medicine and realizing that this amount was very toxic, he decided to try laughter.
Approximate Word count = 1253
Approximate Pages = 5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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