Laughter is a great way to help yourself feel better because
you can be depressed, anxious, and stressed when you're laughing.
you cannot be depressed, angry, or distressed when you're laughing.
you cannot be depressed, anxious, or stressed when you're laughing.
Which of these is not listed as a possible health benefit of laughter?
lower blood pressure
helps you with your workouts
protection from heart disease
Why do people feel like eating more when they are stressed?
Stress drives up hormones that increase our appetite.
Stress dilates our blood vessels which makes us hungry.
Stress drives down hormones like cortisol.
Laughter reduces our stress hormones.
True
False
Unknown
How many calories can ten to fifteen minutes of laughter burn?
fifteen
fifty
fifty-three
Laughter seems to help our
mute systems.
commute systems.
immune systems.
When we laugh, we produce more of the
immune system.
antibodies that protect us from infections.
infections that cause colds and flu.
Laughter can help reduce pain because it seems to
increase the body's production of natural pain killers, called endorphins.
decrease the body's production of natural pain killers, called endorphins.
increase the body's production of natural pain killers, called dolphins.
To reap the health benefits of laughter, you have to
laugh weakly, and laugh a lot.
laugh deeply, and laugh a lot.
laugh discreetly, and laugh a lot.
Research shows that kids laugh
three to four times a day.
because they have an amazing sense of humor.
three hundred to four hundred times a day.
On the other hand, adults laugh
twelve to fifteen times a day.
twelve to fifty times a day.
twelve to fifteen times a week.
The advice that Dr. Maxine Barish-Wreden gives viewers is to
learn to take yourself less seriously.
find the joy in your life again.
Both of the above options are correct.