***IF YOU DONT REALLY BELIEVE IN WHATEVER YOUR ARE TO READ BELOW…TRY MEETING THE FORMER CSP/FEDERAL SECRETARY FINANCE AT THE GOVT.OF PAKISTAN..NOW RETIRED AND HAPPILY SETTLED IN KARACHI RESIDING AT SINDH CLUB. ***
HIS NAME IS AFTAB AHMED KHAN ( MY DAD’s COLLEGE-MATE FROM DEHLI ) MORE POPULARLY KNOWN AS “AFTAB QEHQAHA” (“Aftab Laughter”). AFTAB UNCLE’S NORMAL STYLE OF TALKING IS THAT HE LITERALLY CONVERSES WHILE LAUGHING … EVEN IF CONDOLING!!! ONCE, THE FORMER COAS/PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN GEN.ZIAUL HAQ..DURING A STATE DINNER AT PRESIDENCY IN HONOR OF SOME VISITING HEAD OF STATE… HEARD AFTAB UNCLE’S LAUGHTER FROM ONE OF THE GUEST TABLES…AND SUCH LOUD LAUGHTER SORT OF SURPRISED & BEWILDRED THE HEAD OF THE STATE/CHIEF GUEST TOO… TO WHICH, ZIA, A GOOD DIPLOMAT HIMSELF, SAID “OH…YOUR EXCELLENCY… THE LAUGHTER YOU JUST HEARD IS OF OUR SECRETARY FINANCE …WHICH WE ARE QUITE USED TO..NOW..PLEASE DONT MIND THAT!!! Ha ha ha”.
NOW READ ON…AND SEE WHAT LAUGHTER CAN DO…AND HOW RIGHTLY IT FITS AFTAB UNCLE’S HEALTH ALSO..AT THIS AGE OF ALMOST 80 HE IS DEPUTY CHAIR OF URDU UNIVERSITY’S SYNDICATE.
LAUGHTER:bizz:
Though it has long been axiomatic that laughter is the best medicine, it may now be scientific, too. Research shows that laughter boosts the immune system, increases the level of pain-killing chemicals in the brain, and provides a beneficial “workout” for the lungs, heart, chest, and abdomen.
Laboratory studies at Western New England College in Springfield, Massachusetts have demonstrated that the levels of a kind of antibody known as IgA, found in saliva and in the mucous membranes of the lungs and intestinal track, measurably increase during laughter. The IgA antibody is known to lower a person’s susceptibility to upper respiratory illness. Researchers also found that among the study subjects, the levels of this antibody were already higher in those who laugh with greater regularity and rely on humor to relieve stressful situations.
Laughter also aids in the functioning of the immune system by stimulating the release of interleukins, hormones that block the release of the hormone cortisol. When under stress or in physical danger, the body secretes cortisol to allow quick action and reaction. But high levels of cortisol in the cells act as an immuno suppressant, diminishing the body’s ability to fight disease and infection.
Research has shown that a bout of laughter triggers the release of a flood of beta endorphins, a morphine-like compound in the brain that can induce a sense of euphoria while blocking pain. Beta endorphins are one of the body’s best natural painkillers. In his book Anatomy of an Illness, Norman Cousins describes how 10 minutes of laughter had allowed him two hours of pain-free sleep at a time when his body was fighting a painful degenerative disease. Laughter had accomplished what medication could not.