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Exercise keeps the
body fit. However, if
you do not have time to
do it, could you make
the body fit through
laughter? A U.S. study
reveals that laughter
seems to have a similar
effect of exercise. Based
on studies conducted a
number of researchers
Loma Linda University
Schools of Allied
Health, laugh not only
able to lower
production of stress
hormones, but also
boost immunity, lower
cholesterol, and blood
pressure. The study
involved 14 healthy
volunteers during three
weeks. To see the
effects of laughing
merrily, they were
asked to select and
watch a video duration
of 20 minutes. Anyone
got a video genre of
humor (eustress), other
movies that trigger
tension (distress).
During the study,
researchers routinely
measure blood
pressure, also took
blood samples from
each volunteer before
and finished watching
the movie. The results
show, volunteers who
watched the movie
suspenseful no change
in beneficial.
Meanwhile, those who
watch videos funny
experience changes in
blood pressure and
improved health
conditions. "These
results show a variety of
modulation and the
response of the body
due to repeated laugh
together with the effect
of regular exercise,"
said Dr. Lee S. Berk, an
expert in
psychoneuroimmunology,
which is involved in the
study. Study results
presented at the
conference
'Experimental Biology'
2010.