Masters of Health Magazine November 2023 | Page 83

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Laughter Is Good Medicine

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola:

Anthropological research suggests laughter and humor are genetically built-in, and that humor, historically, has functioned as “a social glue.” The critical laughter trigger for most people is not necessarily a joke or funny movie, but rather another person.

Laughter is contagious. The sound of laughter triggers regions in the premotor cortical region of your brain, which is involved in moving your facial muscles to correspond with sound.

While children laugh on average 300 times a day, adults laugh only 17 times a day on average.

Suggestions for how to get more laughter in your life are included in this article.

Read about the health benefits of laughter and more