Comments on: Humor and Aging: My knees buckle but my belt won’t! http://thehumorattitude.com/2010/07/28/humor-and-aging-my-knees-buckle-but-my-belt-wont/ Humor with a Message Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:41:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jim Bob Solsbery http://thehumorattitude.com/2010/07/28/humor-and-aging-my-knees-buckle-but-my-belt-wont/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Jim Bob Solsbery Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:48:08 +0000 http://thehumorattitude.com/?p=170#comment-49 Phil, thanks for the info. I'll be sure and sign-up for the newsletter! Phil, thanks for the info. I’ll be sure and sign-up for the newsletter!

]]> By: phil wright http://thehumorattitude.com/2010/07/28/humor-and-aging-my-knees-buckle-but-my-belt-wont/comment-page-1/#comment-48 phil wright Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:16:04 +0000 http://thehumorattitude.com/?p=170#comment-48 Dear Jim Bob, I take a health newsletter called Health and Healing by Dr. Whitaker(which I would recommend that you take). It has an article in it this month that I thought would interest you. The rest is a quote from that newsletter: "Everyone knows that laughter can do wonders for the heart and soul, and a wealth of studies demonstrate that it enhances overall well-being. In addition to promoting arterial health, lowering levels of stress hormones and triggering the release of mood boosting endorphins, a good chuckle can also reduce some of the risk factors for heart attack. California researchers divided high-risk paatients with diabetes into two groups. Along with their standard heart, diabetes, and cholesterol drugs, people in the first group were asked to view 30 minutes of humorous material of their choosing every day. The other group was treated solely with medications. After one year , the patients "treated"with humor had lower levels of inflammatory markers (cytokines and C-reactive protein) and higher levels of protective HDL Cholesterol. Furthermore, the laughter group had a lower incidence of heart attacks. This study, which is just one among many in the growing field of mind-body medicine, underscores the fact that a little mirth does a body good. So sit back and laugh your way to better health." Dear Jim Bob,
I take a health newsletter called Health and Healing by Dr. Whitaker(which I would recommend that you take). It has an article in it this month that I thought would interest you. The rest is a quote from that newsletter:
“Everyone knows that laughter can do wonders for the heart and soul, and a wealth of studies demonstrate that it enhances overall well-being. In addition to promoting arterial health, lowering levels of stress hormones and triggering the release of mood boosting endorphins, a good chuckle can also reduce some of the risk factors for heart attack.
California researchers divided high-risk paatients with diabetes into two groups. Along with their standard heart, diabetes, and cholesterol drugs, people in the first group were asked to view 30 minutes of humorous material of their choosing every day. The other group was treated solely with medications. After one year , the patients “treated”with humor had lower levels of inflammatory markers (cytokines and C-reactive protein) and higher levels of protective HDL Cholesterol. Furthermore, the laughter group had a lower incidence of heart attacks. This study, which is just one among many in the growing field of mind-body medicine, underscores the fact that a little mirth does a body good. So sit back and laugh your way to better health.”

]]> By: Don Newbury http://thehumorattitude.com/2010/07/28/humor-and-aging-my-knees-buckle-but-my-belt-wont/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Don Newbury Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:54:33 +0000 http://thehumorattitude.com/?p=170#comment-47 Just like the anchor factory, Jim Bob, you have a WEIGH with words! Well-spoken--again. Puts me in mind of the retirement community out close to Phoenix. Welcome sign reads: "Welcome to, uh, maybe it is Sun City--Where Mid-Life Begins at 70!" The sign doesn't have the "uh, maybe it is" in it, but that's thrown in because I ain't sure which of the retirement communities boast this sign. They've got eight or ten of 'em around Phoenix! Just like the anchor factory, Jim Bob, you have a WEIGH with words! Well-spoken–again.
Puts me in mind of the retirement community out close to Phoenix. Welcome sign reads: “Welcome to, uh, maybe it is Sun City–Where Mid-Life Begins at 70!”

The sign doesn’t have the “uh, maybe it is” in it, but that’s thrown in because I ain’t sure which of the retirement communities boast this sign. They’ve got eight or ten of ‘em around Phoenix!

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