Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. ~Arnold Glasow
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Laughter stimulates the interferon level which helps the immune system to fight illness and speeds healing. Also stimulates nearly all immune processes in the body.
- Laughter lowers stress hormones level that spasm blood vessels and diminish immune activity. Laughter reduces at least four of neuroendocrine hormones associated with stress response. These are epinephrine, cortisol, dopac, and growth hormone.
- Laugher helps with muscle relaxation. When you laugh, the muscles that are not involved in the belly laugh, relaxes. Then, after laughing those muscles involved in the laughter start to relax. So, the action takes place in two stages.
- Laughter and humor makes a person "forget" about pains and aches.
- Laughter can provide a good heart exercise and also relaxation for the heart muscles. It also helps to keep blood pressure under control.
- A good laughter provides lungs with a lot of air which resulting in a cleaning effect, similar to deep breathing.
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