Let Us Laugh and Live Longer

Whether you have a cold or a cancer, laughter can be an inexpensive, enjoyable friend on the road to recovery. More medical men recognize the healing qualities of plain, old fashioned laughter-Nature’s doctor

Placebos (substances given in the form of medicines for the suggestive effect on the patient) according to Dr. Shiparo, work by activating “the doctor who resides within you”-Nature’s way of healing. Laughter, too, releases this inner healing quality to restore you naturally.

In his book, “Laugh after Laugh“, Dr. Raymond Moody tells of one severely depressed man who seemed unable to come out of chronic depression and constant headaches caused by his worry over losing his job in a biscuit factory. He told Dr. Moody that as he worked on his machine, the biscuits came out so fast that they nearly covered him up. The doctor laughingly pointed out what a comic situation that must be. The patient began laughing heartily along with the doctor. A new relationship started between them, with marked improvement in the patient’s condition.

Dr. also remembers a 95-year old man refused to eat. Death seemed inevitable.  Then a clown came to his room and recalled the man’s youthful day of seeing clowns at the circus. A pleasant expression relieved the grim face, and finally he laughed out at the clown actions.

Psychologically, “Laughter causes the musles in the absoment in the abdomen, chest and shoulders to contract, the heart rate and pulse to increase, and you have stationary jogging,” says Dr. William Fry of Stanford University (U.S.A).

Stress has been called the most serious health problem of our time. Can we afford to continue overlooking Nature’s doctor? Let us laugh and live longer!