1 minute of laughter is worth 45 minutes of jogging! Research: Laughter is a specific medicine for lowering blood sugar!

As the saying goes: Laugh often, and health is always there. Laughter does have a therapeutic effect on some diseases. Laughter is not only a high-intensity exercise, but also has a significant effect on the treatment of diabetes and cancer pain. Let's look at the magical power of laughter!

Laughter is a kind of high-intensity aerobic exercise, and the oxygen absorbed by 100 abdominal laughter is equivalent to the oxygen absorbed by 10 minute boating. German research points out that one minute of laughter is equivalent to 45 minutes of exercise, which can make you glow.

When people laugh, the whole body will vibrate, the heartbeat and blood flow will accelerate, the chest and diaphragm will also vibrate, and many muscles in the face will also exercise, which will promote the metabolism of the whole body and some heat in the body will be lost, so it will play a role in reducing fat.

"Laughter" is a specific medicine for lowering blood sugar! In addition, laughter can also lower blood sugar! Many studies have confirmed that people's emotions are closely related to blood sugar fluctuations, and negative emotions will make blood sugar unstable. More experiments show that when people laugh, insulin will increase, and protein will be much more beneficial to lowering blood sugar than usual!

The University of Tsukuba, Japan, found that after watching the drama, diabetic patients measured the changes of postprandial blood sugar, and found that laughter can inhibit excessive blood sugar fluctuations.

In this study, the blood glucose data of 19 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus 2 hours after meals were observed. After dinner on the first day, the patient attended a boring 40-minute lecture without any jokes, and enjoyed a 40-minute comedy performance after dinner on the second day.

Keeping a happy mood is also helpful for blood sugar stability! Results The researchers found that the average blood sugar of patients increased by 123 mg/dL after class, but only increased by 77 mg/dL after watching the drama.

A study published in PLOS No.1 pointed out that when people laugh, when the corners of their mouths rise and the cheek muscles and eye socket muscles move at the same time, the brain will have the illusion of "feeling funny" and the mood will be relaxed accordingly. Even "forcing a smile" can promote the secretion of dopamine in the brain and produce a feeling of happiness.

More than 80% patients with advanced cancer will have pain symptoms due to laughter. Recently, an ingenious study in Japan found that laughter therapy has a certain beneficial clinical auxiliary effect on cancer patients. The study concluded that patients who laughed had better cognitive function and less cancer pain than those who did not receive laughter treatment.

Lai, CEO of Taiwan Province Cancer Foundation, said: "We have long known that emotions can affect immunity." He pointed out that in clinical observation, cancer patients with positive thinking and optimism do have a high survival rate.

Smiling and positive thinking are good for your health. In short, it doesn't hurt to laugh more. Let yourself relax, find something happy and laugh loudly!