Medicine is a huge business in the United States. It seems young people are big users of illegal drugs and senior citizens are big users of prescription drugs. There is one healthy drug-free method everyone needs to use, and it is simply "laughter". Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.
       Research has shown that 100 to 200 deep laughs benefit the body as much as ten minutes on a rowing machine. A quote from Leigh Anne Jasheway reads that laughter increases antibodies in the saliva combating respiratory infections, relaxes muscles throughout the body, helps reduce symptoms of neuralgia and rheumatism, and helps move nutrients and oxygen to body tissue. Also, laughter massages internal organs. This can aid in digestion and improve the flow of blood throughout the body, including the brain. William Fry, an M.D., has studied the effects of laughter upon the human body and found laughter gives the heart a workout, supplies the lungs with oxygen, stimulates the brain, activates the brain, activates the immune system, and suppresses stress hormones.

"He who laughs, lasts". Let's laugh our way to great-health.

KK © 04-15-2005