As studies have shown, during laughter, facial muscles send special impulses to our brain, which have a beneficial effect on the entire nervous system of man and the brain as a whole. An important fact is that cheerful people suffer less from cardiovascular diseases, which means that they are less susceptible to heart attack, which is so common in recent years, especially among middle-aged people. This is easily explained - laughter prolongs and strengthens the cells that form the blood vessels and cavities of the heart. Already in the 70s in America there was a science of laughter, called "gelotology." This science is just engaged in studying the impact of laughter on the health and life of people. It is interesting to know what this effect is manifested in?
During laughter, not only the muscles of the face are strained, but also the muscles of the abdominal press, which leads to the tightening of the abdominal muscles, which in turn improves the functioning of the intestines and allows faster removal of toxins, slags and other harmful substances from the body;
With strong laughter, a peculiar vibration occurs, which allows food to pass quickly into the stomach. Conclusion: a good laugh during a feast can easily replace any of the enzymes that help digest food (for example, festal);
With laughter, a peculiar "biochemical reaction" takes place in our body. There is a decrease in hormones that cause stress, which increases the number of endorphins, more commonly known as "hormones of happiness." These very "happy hormones" improve our mood and help to forget grievances and troubles, as well as mental and physical pain;
Laughter can even lower the pressure! This is due to a change in the rhythm of the heartbeat: first it is frequent, then rare;
Laughter makes it easier to work light, producing a quick and efficient gas exchange with air. With laughter, gas exchange accelerates several times, as a result - a complete purification of the lungs and bronchi from the accumulated harmful substances that we breathe every day on the streets of the city;
An important indicator for women is the ability to laugh and keep the youth of the skin and body. Laughter contributes to this due to the ongoing purification of the endocrine system, which is the main building block of women's beauty and health. When laughing, blood enriched with oxygen passes through the main areas of the endocrine system - the pituitary gland, the thyroid gland, the adrenal glands, the ovaries and the pancreas. Providing these glands with blood enriched with oxygen, just helps to maintain the youth and health of women.
Another important fact that will please many women - laughter is an excellent addition to the program of losing weight. As the research shows, a minute of laughter can burn more calories than one hour of training on the simulator. It's not a secret that many muscles are straining with laughter, most of all - abdominal muscles;
And finally, with laughter, there is an increase in antibodies in the blood, which increase the human immunity. If you have immunity, then you can not be afraid of many diseases.
For a long time already in many countries of the world "laughter therapy" is used to treat various diseases. For example, in America clowns work in hospitals, both in children's and adults, thanks to such therapy, the spirit rises in patients, helping to cope with the disease, and health is strengthened. In Japan, laughter therapy is used in institutions for patients with tuberculosis. Also scientists have proved that about 20 minutes of laughter per day prolongs a person's life for one year. As shown by all the same numerous studies, as well as practical experience, even if you are not funny, but still you are trying to smile - the body triggers the mechanism responsible for laughter and all the muscles that help to relax and relieve tension begin to act; result - you will get a good mood. Some scientists call laughter a "social reflex", because when we see a smiling and laughing man - we are also in a mood, because he infects us with his fun and positive attitude. English scientists have proved that if a person has a cheerful character, then it helps to reduce the incidence of various ailments by as much as 50%.
Due to the fact that laughter of people reduces the amount of stress hormones, it helps to treat neuroses of a different nature (note: we remember that all diseases are from nerves!) And even physical pain (note: never paid attention if you, for example , the stomach hurts, and someone from your relatives tries to make you laugh, then you involuntarily start to smile, the pain seems to be dulled and you can even forget about it for a while). There are several contraindications for the use of laughter: they are people with eye diseases, people with hernia - they are not recommended to laugh for a long time, people after surgery and pregnant women with the threat of miscarriage - they can not strain the abdominal muscles. For everyone else, healthy and sick, laughter is a real cure.
Now we know if you want to be healthy, fit, beautiful, and, of course, live as long as possible, you need to observe one simple and very pleasant rule: you need to laugh, smile as often as possible, better in company with close people, but you can and alone watching comedies, or smiling at one's own thoughts, laughing, remembering a joke recently told - there's always a reason for a healthy laugh. The main thing to remember is that "laughing without reason is a sign of a fool" is not true, which has been repeatedly proved by scientists of different countries. Therefore, laugh heartily for your health and longevity! And this will bring you not only joy, but also good.