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It's No Joke, Laughter is Awesome Medicine!
by chadferguson01@gmail.com
http://www.funnies.com/.
You go right ahead! Laugh and cackle to the point of
losing your breath! Laughter has enormous amounts of
health benefits ranging from affecting diabetes to
lowering risks of heart attacks and everything in between!
In this modern world that we live in, full of medicinal
remedies and medical breakthroughs, who would ever dream
that something as simple as laughter could induce such
amazing benefits to your health that could rival highly
scientific compounds found in drugs of today?
The idea that laughter may have some serious benefits to
our health may have been what spurned on many scientific
research projects pertaining to the benefits of laughter
on our bodies. Over the years, countless experiments have
concluded with scientific data that laughter has one of
the most astounding benefits for your health. We have
heard about the positive impact animals and clowns have
had on nursing home and terminally ill children.
Scientists have taken that idea a step further.
Experiments have been conducted on such things as type II
Diabetes which is an increasing problem for many Americans
today. A study done in Japan at the Foundation for
Advancement of International Science, Bio-Laboratory,
found that laughter helps regulate gene expression to help
control type II Diabetes. This is a huge discovery. This
means that laughter has such a homeopathic effect on even
the gene expression on our DNA that perhaps if we were a
happier sort the gene that causes type II Diabetes may
possibly never be expressed. Granted, it will likely not
take the place of insulin therapy, but it may be key in
helping to prevent the disease.
Studies also suggest that laughter positively affects
rheumatoid arthritis by affecting the level of the
condition as well as psychological benefits in controlling
stress and stress related conditions. Perhaps the biggest
discovery, published by S. Karger AG, Basel, is that
laughter is now being proven to alleviate some of the
lasting effects of heart attacks such as less medication
and fewer repeat attacks with humor therapy of just thirty
minutes per day. Can you imagine the impact?
Go ahead and laugh. Point and giggle, do it with pride and
do it for your health. You may be preventing Diabetes when
you cackle aloud. You could be keeping yourself from
having a heart attack or stroke when you belly laugh to
the point of tears. It's ok! It will be contagious and
soon everyone around you will be laughing too. Life can
sometimes be serious and tiring, but if you look around
and can draw some laughter out of what may seem mundane
you could possibly be helping your health. Learn a new
joke and tell it to everyone you know no matter if you are
a good joke teller or not! Join a Laughter Yoga class at
your local 'Y' even! Go ahead, laugh! Your health can
truly depend on it!
About the author:
This article was written by Chad Ferguson of
http://www.funnies.com/. Funnies.com is THE place to go
for thousands of funny jokes, pictures, greeting cards and
more. Laugh it up! Reproductions of this article are
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