Laughter
Some people say that laughter is the best medicine. Scientists are beginning to agree with this. They are studying laughter seriously and are finding that it is really good for us.
So what happens when we laugh? We use fifteen different muscles in our face, and laughing is good for every organ in our body. When we laugh, we breathe quickly and exercise the face, shoulders, and chest. Our blood pressure goes down, and our circulation gets better. Our heartbeat is lower, and our brain makes a natural painkiller called a beta-endorphin.
Every minute we laugh is the same as forty-five-minutes of relaxation . Many doctors around the world believe that laughter helps us get better when we are sick.
Today, there are laughter clubs around the world. They try to improve people's health with laughter. The laughter clubs started in India. Now they are all over the world. There are more than 450 laughter clubs in India. All kinds of people join a laughter club. They go once a day for 20 minutes and start to laugh. There are no jokes. People laugh as a kind of exercise, and everyone feels better afterwards. Some people pay a lot of money to join a laughter club and just laugh.
Of course, there are many kinds of laughter. We may change the way we laugh in different situations. But we all have a laugh that is special to us. How do you usually laugh?
Here's a joke to make you laugh