Gadget Grace

There is an old saying, “Your day goes the way the corners of your mouth turn”! Medical research has measured extensively the movements we make whenever we smile and laugh, not just on our face but through our entire body. The research concludes that it is possible for all 400 muscles of the body to move during laughter - thus laughter has been playfully labelled by some as a form of ‘internal aerobics’. A joyful belly-laugh can exercise thoroughly the muscles, nerves and organs of the main torso. If you were able to sustain a belly-laugh for one full hour, you could laugh off as many as 500 calories! Why not try it one full hour of transcendental chuckling to improve your fitness levels! Medical research also shows that whenever we laugh we release a wave of chemicals through the body including the endorphin hormone, which is also released during healthy exercise. Endorphins (‘of morphine’) are the body’s natural pain-relaxant - they stimulate feelings of well-being, joy and ‘high’. Enough laughter will produce enough endorphins to guarantee a ‘high-impact’ internal aerobic work-out!

so smile today and tomorrow.