Is laughter the best medicine?

There is strong evidence that laughter can actually improve health and and help fight disease.

Intuitively we know that laughter is one of the best tools we have for dealing with stress and science backs that up.
In her hilarious You Tube video  'Humour your stress with Loretta LaRoche’ - she has our hosts Simmi, Manju and Kiki in stitches as well as showing how humour can be used in everyday situations to ease stress.

In his Ted talk, Daniel Murray discusses how laughter builds up resilience. He talks about his fathers many ailments and the legacy that he left was, 'through laughter we can extend our time here on earth.’ 

Among the many benefits, laughter is a potent endorphin releaser. This in turn explains why social laughter is so contagious. It is central in forming relationships.

Dr Madan Kataria, the founder of Laughter yoga says, 'I have not seen anyone dying of laughter but I know millions who are dying because they are not laughing.’

Our hosts discuss how and why we should bring as much laughter and smiles as possible into our lives.

'Fake it, until we make it.’  

'You don’t stop laughing because you grow older. You grow older because you stop laughing.’ - Maurice Chevalier

References:
Loretta LaRoche: Ted Talk
Daniel Murray: Ted Talk
Phillip & Holly Try Out Laughter Yoga on This Morning