{"id":62201,"date":"2025-10-20T19:53:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62201"},"modified":"2025-10-20T19:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T08:53:20","slug":"laughter-the-best-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62201","title":{"rendered":"Laughter, The Best Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-62202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Laughter_The_Best_Medicine.jpg\" alt=\"Laughter The Best Medicine\" width=\"675\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Laughter_The_Best_Medicine.jpg 675w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Laughter_The_Best_Medicine-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Laughter therapy reduces anxiety and increases life satisfaction, giving you a natural way to calm your mind and feel more fulfilled<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Spontaneous laughter lowers cortisol, your main stress hormone, by about one-third, protecting you from stress-related problems like weight gain, weakened immunity, and heart disease<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Studies show laughter therapy improves sleep, mood, and even reduces inflammation, making it a powerful tool for both mental and physical health<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Older adults who laugh more often are less likely to develop disability, depression, or insomnia, helping them stay independent and resilient<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">You can use laughter like medicine by scheduling daily laughter sessions, sharing humor with others, and mixing structured approaches like laughter yoga with spontaneous laughter<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2025\/10\/18\/laughter-therapy-health-benefits.aspx\">https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2025\/10\/18\/laughter-therapy-health-benefits.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laughter therapy reduces anxiety and increases life satisfaction, giving you a natural way to calm your mind and feel more fulfilled Spontaneous laughter lowers cortisol, your main stress hormone, by about one-third, protecting you from stress-related problems like weight gain, weakened immunity, and heart disease Studies show laughter therapy improves sleep, mood, and even reduces &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=62201\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Laughter, The Best Medicine&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62203,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62201\/revisions\/62203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}