Health Benefits of Laughing

BENEFITS OF LAUGHING

Why did the chicken cross the road? 
To help you gain the health benefits of laughing!  

Laughter is good for the soul, it releases those feel good endorphins. Not only is it enjoyable to have a good laugh, but it reaps amazing benefits for your body, mentally, emotionally, and physically. This is no joke!

Listed below are some reasons why it is good to laugh, and the benefits you will endure after a comical situation.

LAUGHTER CAN:

DECREASE STRESS: As a broad statement, stress can cause numerous health problems ranging from anxiety, nervous breakdown, depression, diabetes, cancer, hypertension, etc. Laughing can help alleviate stress, which then decreases your chances of developing potential health problems.

BETTER CONCENTRATION: Laughing can help you concentrate, think more clear, become more creative and definitely make you more attentive to details. Got a big speech coming up?Just turn on a comedy show or movie and enjoy! Afterwards, prepare your speech. You will be able to recollect things that you studied more easily and correctly, with less stress!

INCREASE MENTAL & EMOTIONAL HEALTH: Laughing contributes towards your mental and emotional health. Laughter has been proved to keep your mind and emotions healthy, and makes you a better person to be around. It helps you become more confident, much more positive, assertive and easily adaptive to deal with difficult situations and changes in life.

IMPROVE CORE MUSCLE STRENGTH: Laughing can keep you fit. If you thought that this was just a joke to make you laugh; think again. When you laugh you give a wonderful workout to your belly muscles. You also use up a huge muscle in your abdomen called the diaphragm. Laughing once in a blue moon is not going to give you any obvious benefit; you certainly have to engage in vigorous laughing sessions multiple times daily. But it does help!

NATURAL DETOX: Laughing is the best natural way to detox both mentally and physically. Exerting pressure on the abdominal muscles while laughing helps you in getting a free detox session done. This is because the pressure on the muscles squeezes the lymphatic vessels and thus it boosts your lymphatic circulation. Lymphatic circulation is the body’s natural method of detoxifying the intracellular wastes and toxins, and flushing them out of the body. Laughing also helps you get a mental and emotional detox. When you laugh you are literally flushing out all the toxic negative thoughts and concerns that poison your mind.

HEART HEALTH: A good laugh keeps your heart healthy. Research has proved that people who are less likely to enjoy a spontaneous laugh or even find humor in a humorous situation are more likely to suffer from a heart attack.

BEST OF ALL....Laughing is free and contagious! So spread the benefits of laughing to promote good health to others!