Laughter Is the Best Medicine

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"The art of medicine consists of keeping the patient amused while nature heals the disease." Voltaire My essay is about laughter and how it really is the best medicine. Since I love laughing and telling jokes who better to tell you about the positive effects of laughter?I am a firm believer that laughter is the best medicine. I believe this for many reasons but in this essay I will tell you the main three reasons why laughter is the best medicine. To start with, and this is probably the best reason you can get, laughter is free. You don’t need to go out and buy laughter you can get it everywhere anytime during the day. You don’t even need to see a doctor for it. You and your friends could share jokes during the day or you could go online and look at some comedians performing. You could make a daily visit to some joke sites for a quick laugh during work or school. Another great reason is that laughter can boost your immune system. Physicians and researchers have long known that stress weakens the immune system, leaving you more vulnerable to illness. Laughter, being a spectacular stress reliever, is a great antidote for this. Laughing lowers your amount of stress which would therefore lower your stress level which would increase your immune system. Also laughter can increase your creativity. if you have good humor it allows you to face challenges with more perspective as opposed to someone who takes things too seriously. This leads to more creative problem solving. A great quot i found was "Discovery consists of looking at the same thing as everyone else and thinking something different." Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, M.D. (Nobel prize winner). This is a great quote because it is true and humorous, when I first read this I had to laugh. To summarize the research I've done for this essay has strengthen my belief that laughter really is the best medicine.

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