16.12.02
Warning!
Only Fools And Horses is good for your health!
Del
Boy and Rodney 聟 a cure for the common cold? Basil Fawlty 聟
relief for the symptoms of flu? Patsy and Edina 聟 a remedy
for that sore throat? And Edmund Blackadder 聟 therapy for the
winter blues?
大象传媒
Video has discovered that laughter is an effective cure for the
common cold.
Medical
tests have shown that the physiological effects of laughter can
help combat viruses and bacteria and increase the antibodies that
specifically fight colds and upper respiratory tract infections.
Dr
Lee Berk*, a medical research scientist in California, has discovered
that watching funny videos is good for your health. He took blood
samples from a group of medical students before they watched a sixty-minute
comedy video, again during it (ouch) and then again the next day.
The samples were then analysed for changes which had taken place
while watching the videos.
Laughing
at the video resulted in an increase in T-cells in the blood, which
combat viruses and bacteria. There was also a change in what are
called the 'Natural Killer Cells' in our body that attack any cells
already infected - while we are laughing these cells become more
active in fighting any infection and increase in numbers too.
The
laughing video watchers also had their blood pressure checked before
and after watching the video and blood pressure dropped, reducing
the stress hormone cortisol and thereby protecting our immune system.
Dr
Brian Bates, Professor of Psychology at Sussex University commented
"Scientists explain that when you have a good laugh, air is
expelled rapidly from your lungs. Breathing air back in takes up
a lot of oxygen. This is good for the brain and helps you think
more clearly. It is also good for aerobic fitness. Forget the gym.
Watch the 大象传媒 comedy videos!"
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Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, Absolutely Fabulous
and Comedy Greats videos.
*
Lee Berk - Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Dept of Clinical
Immunology (reported at PsychoNeuroImmunology Research Society Meeting
on 18 April 1996, Santa Monica California).
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