If you really want to lose weight, get together with friends more often, relax and… laugh. This is the most enjoyable way to fit into last year’s things. Scientists asked a friendly group of young people to participate in the experiment. They were shown both funny and serious film clips. Everyone sat in the hall, and each was attached to a calorimeter and a device that monitored the heartbeat. When participants laughed, average energy expenditure and heart rate increased (compared to resting time). Scientists have estimated that when a person laughs, more than 80 muscle groups throughout the body are used and that 10 to 15 minutes a day burns 10 to 40 calories. Not much, but also a kind of contribution to an excellent figure. So, if you laugh often throughout the year, you can lose 2 kg.
You’ve probably noticed that after a strong and sincere laugh, your stomach and ribs hurt and it’s hard to catch your breath, as if after a sports workout? This is because such laughter is training. When a person laughs, the effect of cardio exercise occurs in the body – the heart speeds up, more oxygen enters the blood. Therefore, in addition to losing weight, laughter also has other benefits for the body – the oxygen content in the blood increases and the “hormones of joy” endorphins increase.
So look for a good comedy, stock up on fruit and gather your friends.
