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The Science of Laughter

Laughter certainly can be the best medicine. But as Lee Newton of SourceFed.com explains, the chuckles and guffaws are the product of a series of complex events throughout your body. “Impossibly, the best part of laughter are the hormones,” Newton says. “Turns out that all that giggling releases the same types of endorphins and natural opiates that exercise triggers. So screw you exercise, I’m going to go watch Dumb and Dumber.”