10 Reasons Why Laughing Is Good for You

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1: It Boosts the Immune System

One of the best reasons to start laughing has to do with your immune system. Perhaps laughter will one day join the ranks of immune-boosting staples like multivitamins and antibacterial hand soap. Decreasing stress hormones, improving circulation and oxygen intake, and releasing negative emotions can boost your immunological responses and keep you healthy.

2: It Energizes Organs

As we mentioned earlier, laughter improves blood flow, suppresses stress hormones and gives you a burst of exercise. In other words, laughter sends a wake-up call to the heart, brain and lungs and stimulates these organs into action.

3: It Reduces Aggression

Your friends Mark and Mandy just ended their relationship, and all three of you are going to dinner for the first time since the big breakup. The tension at the table is undeniable, so you do the first thing that pops into your mind: Tell a joke.

4: It Boosts Your Social Skills

There's a reason why when you laugh, the world laughs with you, but when you weep, you weep all by yourself. That's because no one wants to hang around with a Debbie Downer who has nothing positive to say. Finding the humor in life and being able to laugh at it will only improve your social skills.

5: It Manages Pain

Laughter may be one of the best natural pain relievers around -- it's effective, free and available everywhere. You don't even need a prescription!

6: It Impacts Blood Sugar Levels

When you get a case of the giggles, your doctor may thank you. That's because in a few small studies, researchers discovered that laughing may positively affect blood glucose (sugar) levels.

7: It Provides a Burst of Exercise

The next time you're at the gym, don't be afraid to chuckle at the person wearing a leotard circa 1983. After you've made sure the '80s exerciser can't hear you, release the giggles -- laughter can offer a burst of aerobic exercise.

8: It Improves Blood Pressure and Flow

When it comes to cardiac health, seriousness may be, well, as serious as a heart attack. That's because laughter has been shown to lower or balance blood pressure and increase vascular blood flow.

9: It Helps Coping Skills

Life is out of our control, and that feeling of helplessness can be very scary and stressful. A negative prognosis, the loss of a job and even a breakdown on the highway are sudden, and usually unwelcome, events that we rarely can prepare for. Laughter is a good way to cope with life's unexpected curveballs and help us get over the shock.

10: It Decreases Stress

It's hard to worry about that big test after seeing your cousin fall head first into the cream pie on your kitchen counter. While you roll on the floor in hysterics, the only thing you're stressed about is what's for dessert.

Source: www.discovery.com