There is a saying: “Laugh, and the world laughs with you”. Now, there might be a new saying:
laugh and your heart will thank you for it.
A study by cardiologists at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore suggests that laughter, along with an active sense of humor, may help protect you against a heart attack.
The study compared the humor responses of 300 people. Half of the participants had cardiac problems, and the other half did not. Michael Miller, M.D., director of the Center for Preventive Cardiology at the University states that: ‘the most significant study finding was that “people with heart disease responded less humorously to everyday life situations.” They generally laughed less, even in positive situations, and they displayed more anger and hostility.’
He adds that perhaps we should add regular laughter to the list of things we do to keep healthy such as exercising and watching our fat intake.
There are many ways to find humor – funny movies, jokes , looking at the antics of animals and children.
I particularly like print cartoons. I appreciate not only the drawing skills, but also the special skill that goes towards creating humor in one succinct frame. I clip them and save them for a continuous supply of smiles and laughs.
Sharifah, thanks for lighten up my day.
BTW did you see the one where the kid was saying to the Mom ” You give me a name, now could you give me my password “. Interesting eh!. Have a nice day.
Thanks for the joke, Pak Idrus. That’s funny! Reminds me of the one I saw recently. A kid was annoyed by the baby sister’s loud crying. He asked his Mum: “Can you disable the sound effect?”
Sharifah, this one is true. it is about our grandson Azib 7 yrs old. His Koran teacher a lady in the thirty decided to replace herself with her sister. The first day Azib saw her, He told his mom that they send a clone to teach him.
Once standing in front of a mirror in my house, he pointed to his reflection in the mirror. Atuk look tu Azib punya clone.
No one taught him to do that but it must be the influence of the TV. We all had a good laugh. kid is really heaven send.
That’s an interesting anecdote, Pak Idrus. Looks like Azib is a young science fiction fan!
Well, Sharifah, you have added another element to my regime for cardiac health. The other two are red wine and dark chocolate, so now I’ll be sure to laugh a lot as I sip my wine and savor my chocolate.
Thanks.
Hi Louis. As a chocoholic, I’ll definitely follow your example, and add dark chocolate to my health regime!
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