Health Benefits Of An Online Humor Magazine

By Miranda Sweeney


When it comes to online humor, there are a number of websites which can provide a great deal of fun and laughter. An online humor magazine like The Onion, and others can provide hours of laughter and entertainment. As science has proven, it only takes fifteen to twenty minutes a day of laughter to aid health and happiness. Reading an online magazine, listening to a comedic radio show, or watching sit-coms on television or the web can often help create a laugh response.

In recent days, science has shown why and how laughter heals. The first of which being that it is a natural and unavoidable response. It is good to read humorous content outside of working hours to avoid laugh out loud moments at the workplace. While not as important as breathing, or, the liver pumping blood, laughter is key to a happy and healthy life.

Critics suggest that laughter is merely a response and that there are no valid health benefits. This could not be further from the truth. While some may question whether laughter is a valid prescription by a health care provider, there are many who now believe in the healing power it can provide. In many cases, belief based on scientific research which shows this to be case.

Anatomy of Illness by Norman Cousins explores the benefits of laughter. Some claims in his book have since been proven. One being that laughter has the power and ability to relieve pain. The book is a good example of how laughter can help through coping, controlling and connecting with others through laughter.

Mr. Cousins found that when he watched the Marx Brothers, Candid Camera and other funny shows that it helped the pain of a debilitating spinal disease. He once claimed that only ten minutes of televised humor helped him sleep without pain for two hours or more at a time. When he would try to sleep without having read or watched humorous material and laughing, he could rarely sleep for more than a few minutes before the pain returned, if he could get to sleep at all.

While there are critics, others claim there is enough proof to back up the research. Some doctors now recommend getting fifteen minutes per day. When combining the laughter with a healthy diet and regular exercise, better health is often just around the corner.

There are multiple formats when it comes to humor and laughter. One can watch sit-coms, or attend a stand-up comedy show. Others finding reading comic strips, newspapers and other humorous content online to be more gratifying. Different people find listening, reading or watching comedy fun; However, as different people often find different things funny, it can also be fun to listen, read and watch alone at times.

Different types of humor can lead to different types of responses from others. For example, satire can often be hard to digest if one does not understand it is being provided in a humorous context. In other situations, like when watching sit-coms like New Girl and Seinfeld, laugh responses are based on personal taste when it comes to humor. Whereas, when watching stand-up comedy, at least part of the act is most likely going to result in a laugh response from audience members.




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