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Yummy wrote:
When I was pregnant I craved two things: chocolate and citrus. I figured the two balanced each other out. Didn't know I was doing double good for myself and my baby!
Worth a Laugh
It turns out Maryland is kind of a hotbed of laughter-and-health research: Michael Miller, a cardiologist at the University of Maryland Medical Center, has done research showing that laughter may have beneficial cardiovascular effects, just as stress has been shown to adversely affect cardiovascular health.
And Richard Provine, a psychologist at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, has established himself as an expert on the psychological benefits of yukking it up. He published his laughter-related research in 2000 in "Laughter: A Scientific Investigation." Provine sees laughter as "a sign that things are going well in your life." "It's a misperception that most laughter is in response to jokes. Laughter is social," he tells me. "It disappears in solitary people. If you're laughing, there are other people in your life."
-- Jennifer Huget
