By Dr Al Sears Integrative Medicine Practitioner/Researcher
We all believe the old adage “Laughter is the best medicine”. But we have mistakenly attributed this benefit to psychology alone. Now new research has revealed that laughter affects your physiology more directly than attitude or positive thinking.
We can show that laughter has an immediate and direct affect on:
• Heart rate
• Skin temperature
• Blood pressure
• Breathing rate
• Muscle activity
• Brain activity1
But most importantly (and the point of this letter to you), laughter can improve the way your body handles disease by activating your immune system.…