1. Improve your mental health. Laughter reduces stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenaline.
2. Relieves pain. Endorphins are our natural pain reliever. A good dose of laughter helps to release these hormones in our body.
3. Improve your immune system. Laughter increases the number of antibodies against diseases. As a consequence, our immune system benefits in a general way.
4. Improve your performance. Laughter increases human growth hormone (HGH) by 87%, which is directly related to sports performance and recovery after training. This hormone also helps keep bones and muscles strong, reducing fat levels..
5. Strengthen relationships. A good laugh shared between friends helps to strengthen ties. Humor generates positive feelings and reinforces emotional connections.
6. It makes you more attractive. You only need a smile to appear more sincere and close, and as a consequence more attractive.
7. Increase your strength. Have you ever had sore abs the day after having a laughing fit? Laughter strengthens the abdominal muscles and the back.
8. Improve your heart. The heart is also a muscle that benefits from laughter. Thanks to laughter, blood pressure is reduced, vascular flow is increased and the blood is oxygenated. All these factors together help prevent coronary disease.
9. Reduce fears and frustrations. Humor can help combat fears and frustrations by relaxing the body and mind. In this way, humor helps us change our perspective when faced with a stressful situation..
10. Improve your cognition. Laughter improves your alertness, increases your creativity and improves your memory. This occurs because the brain processes creativity and humor in a similar way when trying to find connections between two seemingly unrelated things..
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