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Yes there’s an old saying that goes, “Laughter is the best medicine.” we often hear that though.
But Is it true? What does laughter do to your body? Can laughter affect relationships? Why don’t you laugh when you tickle yourself?
1. Laughter raises your heart rate and blood pressure.
Your breathing speeds up, too. It’s like you’re exercising! Laughing for 10 to 15 minutes burns about 50 calories thus
Fifteen minutes of laughing a day can make you lose weight.
2. The science of laughing and its effects on the body is called Gelotology.
3. Want a good laugh? Watch a funny movie with friends or family.
People are 30 times more likely to laugh in a group than alone.
4. Laughter fights stress.
Your brain releases endorphins when you laugh, which makes you feel happy and can bring positive changes to the mindset of a person.
5. Adults laugh about 15 - 30 times per day.
Females laugh slightly more than men. And babies? They laugh 300 times per day.
6. It’s hard to catch your breath when you laugh because your diaphragm spasms.
This is why your laughter sounds like “ha-ha-ha” or “ho-ho-ho” or “he-he-he” eventhough laughter is a sound which does not have any language.
7. If you laugh a lot, you may get sick less often.
Laughing causes a hormone called HGH to be released. HGH boosts your immune system and helps you fight germs.
8. Tickling and laughter is a form of bonding and communication between a parent and a child. (Charles Darwin noted this in the late 19th Century.)
9. You can’t make yourself laugh by tickling yourself.
Why? It’s impossible to surprise your brain. Your brain predicts the sensation your fingers will make just before you tickle yourself, so it’s not a surprise.
10. Forty hours and 8 minutes.
That’s the world record for the longest stand-up comedy show by an individual. That’s A LOT of jokes. The comedian’s name is David Scott, aka, The Midnight Swinger.
11. Humans are not the only creatures who laugh. Animals like dog and cat also laugh
12. But too much of it is risky,
Laughing has been the cause for death for many people.
excerpt from CBCkids/TheFactSite
But Is it true? What does laughter do to your body? Can laughter affect relationships? Why don’t you laugh when you tickle yourself?
1. Laughter raises your heart rate and blood pressure.
Your breathing speeds up, too. It’s like you’re exercising! Laughing for 10 to 15 minutes burns about 50 calories thus
Fifteen minutes of laughing a day can make you lose weight.
2. The science of laughing and its effects on the body is called Gelotology.
3. Want a good laugh? Watch a funny movie with friends or family.
People are 30 times more likely to laugh in a group than alone.
4. Laughter fights stress.
Your brain releases endorphins when you laugh, which makes you feel happy and can bring positive changes to the mindset of a person.
5. Adults laugh about 15 - 30 times per day.
Females laugh slightly more than men. And babies? They laugh 300 times per day.
6. It’s hard to catch your breath when you laugh because your diaphragm spasms.
This is why your laughter sounds like “ha-ha-ha” or “ho-ho-ho” or “he-he-he” eventhough laughter is a sound which does not have any language.
7. If you laugh a lot, you may get sick less often.
Laughing causes a hormone called HGH to be released. HGH boosts your immune system and helps you fight germs.
8. Tickling and laughter is a form of bonding and communication between a parent and a child. (Charles Darwin noted this in the late 19th Century.)
9. You can’t make yourself laugh by tickling yourself.
Why? It’s impossible to surprise your brain. Your brain predicts the sensation your fingers will make just before you tickle yourself, so it’s not a surprise.
10. Forty hours and 8 minutes.
That’s the world record for the longest stand-up comedy show by an individual. That’s A LOT of jokes. The comedian’s name is David Scott, aka, The Midnight Swinger.
11. Humans are not the only creatures who laugh. Animals like dog and cat also laugh
12. But too much of it is risky,
Laughing has been the cause for death for many people.
excerpt from CBCkids/TheFactSite
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,dapat in moderation lang lahat hehe balance para di mabaliw