3 Reasons to Choose Laughter

1. LAUGHTER IS GOOD FOR YOUR BODY
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Laughter helps you breathe better, leading to increased heart rate, higher respiratory rate, and improved levels of oxygen consumption, which are similar to what happens during exercise.

Laughter also lends powerful benefits to the cardiovascular system. The benefits are only applied while the laughter is happening, so laugh often enough and you'll indirectly be padding the perks of your regular exercise routine by strengthening your heart and lungs.

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2. LAUGHTER REDUCES ANXIETY AND CALMS STRESS HORMONES
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Laughter has positive effects on stress hormones.

Humor, and by extension, laughter, stimulates multiple physiological systems that decrease levels of stress hormones, such as cortisol, and increase the activation of the dopamine-dispensing reward system of the brain.
Furthermore, humor softens anxiety.

In a 1990 study, folks were told to wait for an electric shock (that never came), and they either watched something funny, something serious, or nothing at all while they waited.

The humor group, perhaps not surprisingly, experienced the lowest levels of anxiety, showing the positive effect humorous laughter has on threat-induced anxiety (like having to deal with an erratic boss or unfriendly neighbor.)

3. LAUGHTER BOOSTS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM     

​Multiple studies link laughter to an increase in immunoglobulin (IgA), which are antibodies that play an important role in immune function.

More laughter, more antibodies…more antibodies, stronger immune function. So I guess what I’m saying here is more laughter = better health!

From my Funny Bone to Yours…

3 Television Series To Binge Watch:

• Schitt’s Creek
• The Office
• Cougar Town

3 more:

• Parks and Rec
• Community
• 30 Rock

3 Stand-Up Comics to Check Out:

• James Acaster
• Amy Schumer
• John Mulaney

3 more:

• Hannah Gadsby
• Demetri Martin
• Ellen Degeneres

3 Movies to Get You Giggling:

• Best in Show
• Raising Arizona
• Juno

3 more:

• Wedding Crashers
• Pitch Perfect
• Legally Blonde

3 Amazon Prime shows: 

• Catastrophe
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
• Red Oaks

3 Hulu Originals: 

• I Love You, America (with Sarah Silverman)
• Difficult People
• The Mindy Project

3 Netflix Originals:

• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Santa Clarita Diet
• Arrested Development

3 Podcasts:

• Mortified
• Ask Me Another
• 2 Dope Queens

3 More:

• My Dad Wrote A Porno
• Bubble
• SYSK

3 Instagram accounts to follow:

• Celeste Barber
• Strange Planet
• El Arroyo 

3 book lists:

• The 40 Funniest Books of All Time
• 46 Hilarious Books Guaranteed to Make You Laugh Out Loud
• 50 of the Funniest Books Ever Written