Laughter is the
Best Medicine
Hilary Foggo
From the Latin ‘hilarius’ meaning cheerful
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Laughter is the best medicine
WHY?
8 REASONS
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1. It helps you look good!
It takes
and
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muscles to FROWN
muscles to SMILE
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2. It relaxes muscles
A belly laugh results in muscle
relaxation.
While you laugh, the muscles that do
not participate in the belly laugh,
relax.
After you finish laughing those muscles
involved in the laughter start to relax.
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3. Breathing
Frequent belly laughter empties
your lungs of more air than it
takes in
It cleans the lungs like deep
breathing.
Water vapour is also flushed from
the lungs.
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4. It helps you to be less stressed
Laughter reduces the number of
hormones in the body that are
linked to stress and anxiety.
These are called neuroendocrine
hormones.
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5. Immune System Enhancement
Studies have shown that laughter
can help strengthen the immune
system, helping the body
produce more disease-destroying
antibodies to fight the bad cells
that make you unwell. These
antibodies pierce the defective
or infected cells in order to
destroy them.
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6. It exercises the heart
A belly laugh is like an
internal jogging.
This can help to exercise the
heart especially for people
who are unable to do physical
exercises.
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7. It can ease pain
Laughter releases the body's
natural pain killers (called
endorphins).
Studies have shown that people can
bear pain for longer during and for
a short period of time after
laughter. The relaxation and
distraction brought about by the
laughter also helps
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8. It is FREE and has no
known bad side effects!
Children laugh on average 400 times
a day!
Adults laugh on average 14 times a
day.
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What makes you laugh?
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Workshops – 9 Categories:
 Children and Animals
 Controlled situations
 Ourselves
 Notices/Announcements
 Family Stories
 Mishaps
 Tragic situations/stress
 Bodily functions
 Silly jokes
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“Why didn’t we think of clothes before?”
Asked Adam.
Removing Eve’s.
“Why did we ever think of clothes?”
Asked Eve.
Laundering Adam’s.
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There are six sorts of tears – three good
and three bad
Those caused by smoke, grief or
constipation are bad
and those caused by fragrant spices,
aromatic herbs and laughter are good
traditional Hebraic folklore
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