Comedy Cure: Use Humor to Inhance Your Immunity
Don’t you believe in the healing power of humor? Well, if you need some convincing checkout The Healthy Body Healthy Mind Handbook by Dr. David Sobel M.D. and Dr. Robert Ornstein PhD. Here is a short list of research study results noted in their book:
- Watching funny tapes of Richard Pryor Live temporarily boosted levels of antibodies in saliva which help fight off infections such as colds.
- People who reported using humor often as a means of dealing with stress consistently had higher baseline levels of these antibodies.
- People who supposedly have a “strong” sense of humor do not have the expected drop in immune function following exposure to stress.
As you can see, the healing power of humor is a scientifically founded idea. We, at the My Hyena Humor Website, hope you don’t take this notion for granted. Laughter is the best medicine not just because its cheap and easy, but because it’s true.
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