[sm=nature-smiley-008.gif]Link between humour & health..Brian Kaplanwho describes himself as aProvocative Therapist has penned an online article on the link between humour & health -
Now this containsinsightful material & he includes some of the ways laughter is good for you.Here's his ownmnemonic SMILE to remember them all.
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STRESS hormones reduced (adrenalin and noradrenalin, cortisol)
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MUSCULAR relaxation (muscles take 2 hours to return to previous state of tension after belly laugh)
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IMMUNITY increased, IgA and IgM and IgG increased in blood after laughter, improved resistance to colds and infections
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LUNGS are helped by laughter expelling residual volume of air, allowing more fresh air to enter lungs
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EXERCISE Dr. William Fry of Stanford Medical School has established that 100 laughs a day give you as much beneficial exercise as 10 minutes of rowing - and without the agonised expression that rowers, stationery cyclists and joggers customarily have on their faces.
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ENDORPHINS & ENCEPHALONs, natural high making chemicals of the body are increased by laughter
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So lets big it up to all comedians, both famous & unknown as it seems as though they are doing all of us a huge service.. Ken Dodd & histickling stickseem tobe of essentialuse after all !!