LAUGHTER :- PART OF THE HUMAN SURVIVAL KIT

LAUGHTER IS GOOD FOR U!

THE BEST BLUSH TO USE IS LAUGHTER . IT PUTS ROSES IN YOUR CHEEKS AND IN YOUR SOUL.
Laughter is a release of tension mediated through the brain. When we laugh we expel the residual air from our lungs, our heart beats quicker, and apparently slows down to below the starting rate once a laugh is over.

• Laughter is the most inexpensive and most effective wonder drug. Laughter is a universal medicine and all of us have that medicine.
• Laughter is a universal human behavior found in all cultures and virtually all individuals the world over.
• During human development, laughter is the first social sound emitted by human infants.
  
  Even children who are deaf and blind by birth have been reported to laugh.
• Evidences suggest that while the male is the leading humor producer, it is the female that exhibits most laughter.
  
• Humor associated laughter seems to be a phenomenon unique to humans. However , recent researches show that under certain emotional conditions animals such as chimps, dogs and rats emit sounds that bear similarity to human laughter.
  
  It is noteworthy that chimpanzee laughter occurs during physical contact like tickling or wrestling, while most humans laugh during conversation.
• Scientific studies have proved that humor and laughter are associated with increased positive effect and improved mood. Humor is the most familiar cause for laughter.
• Laughter triggers the release of endorphins, the body,s natural painkillers, and produces a general sense of well being.
• Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.

STRUCTURE OF LAUGHTER

• Laughing is not a random vocal sound but is characterized by a series of start vowels like notes.
• Each note is about 75 milliseconds long and repeated at regular intervals about 210 milliseconds apart.
• Similer vowel sounds are typically used for the notes of a given laugh. It may have the structure "ha-ha-ha" or "ho-ho-ho" but not "ha-ho-ha".
  
• Laughter may be of several types. On the basis of sound created, laughter may be in different forms like:-

1. Giggles
2. Chicks
3. Chortles
4. Hoots
5. Chuckles

HEALTH BENEFITS

• The most known benefit of laughter is to relieve stress.
  
• Laughter activates the immune system. Research results indicate that, after exposure to humor, there is a general increase in activity within the immune system.
• Laughter decreases stress hormones that constrict blood vessels and suppress immune activity.
• Dopamine levels are also decreased. Dopamine is involved in the "fight or flight response" and is associated with elevated blood pressure.
• Laughter increases the level of natural killer cells that attack viral infected cells and some types of cancer and tumor cells. 

LAUGHTER IS THE MOST HEALTHFUL EXERTION

• Laughing is aerobic , providing a workout for the diaphragm and increasing the body,s ability to use oxygen.
• Laughter brings in positive emotions that can enhance conventional treatments.
• Laughter offers a powerful distraction from pain.
• Belly laugh results in muscle relazation.
• Laughter can provide good cardiac conditioning especially for those who are unable to perform physical exercises. it increases circulation and improves the delivery of oxygen.
• Laughter benefits women more than men in preventing hypertension.
  

IN THE END LAUGHTER HAS BEEN FOUND TO HAVE IMMEASURABLE HEALTH BENEFITS. MOST OF ALL, IT IS FREE AND HAS NO KNOWN NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS. SO LAUGH BECAUSE IT IS GOOD FOR YOU.