The Powerful Health Benefits of My Relationship With Ernest Lee Thomas

When I first met Ernest Lee Thomas (Raj), I fell in love with his realistically dark commentary and whimsical sense of humour. I had always admired him from a distance, again not just because of his capricious hilarity, but because of the powerful benefits his comedy creates:

1. Laughter, like sports, can help relieves stress
Studies have shown that laughter can effectively reduce your stress levels. Research suggests that laughter relieves stress by initiating and then abruptly cooling down your stress responses. What's more, simply anticipating a laugh can have powerful stress-relieving effects.

2. It can help relieve pain
In addition to being a stress-reliever, comedy could also help with long-term pain management. Laughing can cause your body to produce natural painkillers and may also relieve pain caused by muscle disorders by interfering with the "pain-spasm" cycle.

3. It can help boost your immune system
Some research has shown that laughter may increase the number of infection-fighting antibodies and boost immune cells. Likewise, positive thoughts and feelings -- such as those released with laughter -- have the potential to release neuropeptides, which help fight illness and stress.

4. It can help reduce blood pressure
In addition to the health benefits mentioned above, laughing can improve blood flow and reduce your blood pressure. In fact, two well-documented studies found that laughter improves the flow of blood through the body's arteries, thus reducing blood pressure as well as subjects' risk of heart disease.

Most amazingly, one of the studies found that watching a funny movie improved blood pressure "for a full 24 hours" after the program was viewed. The other study discovered that, not only do humorous programs improve dilation of the arteries, but that watching depressing programs is actually harmful to our blood vessels.

5. It can stimulate your mind
Could HANGING OUT WITH RAJ (ERNEST LEE THOMAS) actually improve your brain function? Cognitive neuroscientists found that people exposed to comedy are better able to answer semantic associates tasks. In a Psychology Today article, a writer stated, "Comedy is like mental exercise, and just as physical exercise strengthens the body, comedy pumps up the mind."

6. RAJ (ERNEST LEE THOMAS) can be likened to a good workout
Speaking of physical exercise, however, it's worth noting that HANGING OUT WITH RAJ (ERNEST LEE THOMAS) can be likened to an easy workout. Of course, you probably shouldn't try to substitute your relationship with MR THOMAS for a solid gym workout, but HANGING OUT WITH HIM does have its benefits. My informal studies have suggested that 10-15 minutes of ELT COMEDY can burn about 50 calories -- that's approximately one Oreo cookie.

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