Stumble It!To stay healthy, LAUGH, LAUGH AND LAUGH.
by SyedShahidMDWe have already discussed the First two principles in detail (1. Balanced Diet and 2. Exercise).
We have also discussed third the Third Principle of Health (Rest, Sleep and Entertainment, RSE).
In the Entertainment we mentioned about the most important part of RSE....Laughter.
We are going discuss it in detail.
LAUGHTER
Laughter According to dictionary Laughter is an audible expression or appearance of merriment or happiness or an inward feeling of joy and pleasure (laughing on the inside). It may ensue (as a physiological reaction) from jokes, tickling and other stimuli.
Inhaling nitrous oxide (laughing gas) can also induce laughter; other drugs, such as cannabis, can also induce episodes of strong laughter.
One must remember that laughter created under medically induced conditions (by drugs) is not proven to have any therapeutic or beneficial effects. Strong laughter ( induced under such artificial conditions) can sometimes bring an onset of tearsor, moderate muscular pain and sometimes even severe cramps. such laughter is not considered healthy. There are suggestions (though not proven) that laughter induced by drugs may cause physical, emotional and spiritual damage.
Any drug used to create artificial laughter is considered a euphoric agent. All euphoric agents cause analgesia, depersonalization, derealization, dissociation, dizziness, sound distortion of reality testing and even death if not properly supervised.
UNTIL WE HAVE ENOUGH RESEARCH TO PROVE THAT DRUG INDUCED LAUGHTER IS NOT HARMFUL, ONE MUST AVOID TAKING ANY SUCH DRUG.
Laughter is a part of human behaviour regulated by the brain. It helps humans clarify their intentions in social interaction and provides an emotional context to conversations. Laughter is used as a signal for being part of a group — it signals acceptance and positive interactions with others.
Laughter is sometimes seemingly contagious, and the laughter of one person can itself provoke laughter from others as a positive feedback. This may account in part for the popularity of laugh tracks in situation comedy television shows.
The study of humor and laughter, and its psychological and physiological effects on the human body is called gelotology.
Laughter is a behaviour expressed by all cultures from a very early age. Recently researchers have shown infants as early as 17 days old have vocal laughing sounds or spontaneous laughter.
"Laughter is a mechanism everyone has; laughter is part of universal human vocabulary. There are thousands of languages, hundreds of thousands of dialects, but everyone speaks laughter in pretty much the same way.” Everyone can laugh. Babies have the ability to laugh before they ever speak. Children who are born blind and deaf still retain the ability to laugh. “Even apes have a form of ‘pant-pant-pant’ laughter.”
Raju Mandhyan states "The physical and psychological benefits of laughter come second only to the physical and psychological benefits of sex."
Next we will discuss how laughter affects our physical health?
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About the Author
Syed I H Shahid MD
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PERTH, WA
Interests:
Dr Shahid has many interests. He ejoys reading scientific magazines. He likes to keep himself busy with latest medical researches.
He has special interest in Alzheimer’s illness. he has strong evidence that this tragedy can be delayed (if not prevented) for as long as 25 - 30 years and even longer, if one follows Dr Shahid’d six principles of health faithfully.
He likes to make friends with those who have similar interests as his. He has few friends and they all appreciate what he is doing for humanity.
He believes in positive thinking. In his opinion one must pursue those interests which make one believe in oneself.
He loves to play tennis, table tennis and cricket if he can find time.
Travelling is his other interest. He has travelled all over the world. He enjoys different cultures and their varied way of life.
Lately world politics has become his passion. He wishes to see peace in the world but he doesn’t think it is possible because of the greed in the mind of most of the industrialised nations who are exploiting third world countries.
He is also interested in writing a book about his Six Principle of Health (EUREKA). He is already in the process of making it happen. He wants the whole world to know his secret of healthy long life.
