Laughter and its beneficial effects on human health.

2. Laughter is the best
m e d i c i n e.
PRESENTED BY
MOHAMMAD SHAHADAT HOSSAIN

3. A SMILE IS THE SHORTEST
DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE
……VICTOR BORGE

4. Benefits of Laughter
• Effects Laughter
moves lymph and
oxygenates our
organs .
• on cardiovascular.
• Immune function.
• Stress and natural
killer cell activity.
• Muscle Relaxation.
• Pain Reduction .
• Social Benefits of
Laughter.

5. Oxygenation
• Laughter moves
lymph and
oxygenates your
organs, thereby
help in- immune
system function
and helps clear out
old,
- Dead waste
products from
organs and tissues.
_ cancer

6. Effects on
cardiovascular
• release of beta-endorphins -
high affinity for mu3 opiate
receptors .
• positive emotions lead to the
direct release of NO, thereby
lowers blood pressure and
associated biological
consequences.
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7. Immune function
• boosts immune function by
raising levels of infection-
fighting T-cells, disease-fighting
proteins called Gamma-
interferon and B-cells, which
produce disease-destroying
antibodies.
Boosts immune
function! Just laugh

8. Stress and natural killer
cell activity.
• Laughter reduces the level of
stress hormones like cortisol,
epinephrine (adrenaline),
dopamine and growth hormone .
• Laughter also triggers the
release of endorphins, the
body's natural painkillers, and
produces a general sense of
well-being. stress! Just smile

9. Muscle Relaxation -
- Belly laugh results in
muscle relaxation.
While we laugh, the
muscles that do not
-
participate in the
belly laugh, relaxes
- Laughing is aerobic,
providing a workout
for the diaphragm
and increasing the
body's ability to use
oxygen.
Relax

10. Pain Reduction
• Humor allows a
person to
"forget" about
pains such as
aches, arthritis,
etc Oh. aches! Gets
Oh. aches! Gets
free medicine

11. Social Benefits of
Laughter
• Laughter connects us with
others. Also, laughter is
contagious, so if we bring
more laughter into our life, we
can most likely help others
around us to laugh more, and
realize these benefits as well.
• By elevating the mood of
those around us, you can
reduce their stress levels, and
perhaps improve the quality of
social interaction we
experience with them,
reducing our stress level even
more!
Social beings! laugh