Healthy Humor

Healthy+Humor

Zoe Goldman, staff

Do you want to live a longer, happier, and more fruitful life? Only laughing can do the trick. Research proves that laughter helps with stress relief because it stimulates many organs, which increases endorphins, a group of hormones created within the brain, to help relieve stress in the short term. In addition to the short-term effects, laughing also has long-term effects on your body and mind, such as improving your immune system, relieving pain, and improving your mood. This is important because many kids today go through too much anxiety. Furthermore, all they need to do is laugh. Laughing at a joke benefits your health and happiness and can even lengthen your lifespan.

When you laugh, you strengthen your body and are more likely to stay healthy. Research shows that laughter benefits you in many ways. It even benefits your immune system. According to Stjohns.com, “Laughter helps boost our immune system by increasing the production of anti-infection antibodies and T-cells in the blood that helps protect us from infections. Furthermore, when you laugh, your brain releases endorphins, reduces stress hormones such as cortisol, reduces blood pressure, and increases circulation.” Though laughing seems like an attentive and straightforward thing, it helps your body keep you healthy.

Laughter is crucial if humans want to be happier. Laughter eases tension and sharpens our ability to concentrate. Laughter is a lot like cleaning up. It does not permanently solve any problems, but it makes things more acceptable for a while. Mayoclinic.org says that “Laughter can also stimulate circulation and aid muscle relaxation, which can help reduce some of the physical symptoms of stress. Laughter can also stimulate circulation and aid muscle relaxation, which can help reduce some of the physical symptoms of stress.” This explains how laughter can help reduce your amount of stress. It allows your tensions to ease and cause your body to feel more relaxed than it had previously.

Laughter can do many things, even stopping you from getting deadly diseases. Laughter can help you fight off disease and stay strong, helping you live longer. Research shows that laughter is important because it can stop diseases like Cancer. Memorialclinic.com found that “the more frequently patients engaged in laughter, the stronger their natural killer cell activity became. This means that laughter immediately improves our body’s capacity to kill or eliminate cancer cells” Cancer is severe, and if laughing can reduce the chances of people getting this disease, then humans should laugh. Laughing is so familiar to most people that we never think or wonder how laughing can benefit us. It can help reduce the chance of diseases. 

Laughing, something that you do every day, can help. It improves your health and happiness and can even lengthen your life. Laughing is a simple activity that could make you much happier mentally and physically. All you need to do is laugh to have a more positive life.