Laughter, heart medicine for diabetics

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Laughter, heart medicine for diabetics


Hearty laughter is an effective medicine in diabetes sufferers as it can help reduce their risk of developing possible heart attacks.

Compared to their non-diabetic counterparts, diabetics are two- to fourfold more vulnerable to developing cardiovascular diseases. A new study however considers laughter as a cost-free medication for preventing heart disease in this group.

According to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Physiological Society, laughter improves cholesterol levels in diabetics and subsequently lowers their heart attack risk.

Laughing is associated with a 26 percent increase in the HDL (good cholesterol) levels; it also helps reduce C-reactive proteins -- a marker of the inflammatory diseases -- by 66 percent.

Some physicians believe laughter and humor can also help lower the increase in blood glucose that occurs after each meal.

Scientists urge diabetics to adopt a healthy diet, exercise, watch their blood sugar, and add a little humor to their life.


-----Agencies

 

[al-fajr]

I heard the opposite to what is stated above actually.

Laughing loads and loads is said to weaken the heart ..whether that is spiritually or physically Allaahualem, maybe both?

I rememeber being told to laugh less as a child (I used to laugh till I could hardly breath) because apparently, it would cause my heart to become weak.

I think there is a hadeeth confirming this ..if I find it I will post it inshaAllaah.

wa-alaykum salam wa rahmatullaah

PS keep smiling though, thats definitely Sunnah.

 

[zainab bala]

jazakallah khairan.

 

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Laughter, heart medicine for diabetics


Hearty laughter is an effective medicine in diabetes sufferers as it can help reduce their risk of developing possible heart attacks.

Compared to their non-diabetic counterparts, diabetics are two- to fourfold more vulnerable to developing cardiovascular diseases. A new study however considers laughter as a cost-free medication for preventing heart disease in this group.

According to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Physiological Society, laughter improves cholesterol levels in diabetics and subsequently lowers their heart attack risk.

Laughing is associated with a 26 percent increase in the HDL (good cholesterol) levels; it also helps reduce C-reactive proteins -- a marker of the inflammatory diseases -- by 66 percent.

Some physicians believe laughter and humor can also help lower the increase in blood glucose that occurs after each meal.

Scientists urge diabetics to adopt a healthy diet, exercise, watch their blood sugar, and add a little humor to their life.


-----Agencies

salam alikom

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