8 Health Benefits We can Gain from Laughing

 

Laughing is a reaction to certain stimuli, fundamentally stress, which serves as an emotional balancing mechanism. Traditionally, it's considered a visual expression of happiness, or an inward feeling of joy. It may ensue from hearing a joke, being tickled, or other stimuli. It is in most cases a very pleasant sensation (Wikipidia).

Common causes for laughter are sensations of joy and humor; however, other situations may cause laughter as well.

Other people, laughing helped them feel better and get some pain-free sleep. That’s because laughter helps the pituitary gland release its own pain-suppressing opiates.

Not everyone really knows what we can gain for every laughter we made.

Here are the 8 Benefits We can Gain from Laughing:

• Lower blood pressure


• Increase vascular blood flow and oxygenation of the blood


• Give a workout to the diaphragm and abdominal, respiratory, facial, leg, and back muscles


• Reduce certain stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline


• Increase the response of tumor- and disease-killing cells such as Gamma-interferon and T-cells


• Defend against respiratory infections–even reducing the frequency of colds–by immunoglobulon in saliva.


• Increase memory and learning; in a study at Johns Hopkins University Medical School, humor during instruction led to increased test scores


• Improve alertness, creativity, and memory

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