10 Amazing Benefits Of Smile
15th September, 2022, 3:20 PM
When you smile the whole world smiles with you
A smile is a facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth to express happiness, pleasure, amusement.
It is certainly true that a smile is an expression of one's feeling but it also have tremendous benefit to the general health of a person of which we are going to be exploring.
-Smilling Reduces Pain
When we smile we flex certain muscles in our face. The movement of this muscles tells our brain that we are smiling which in turn initiates the release of endorphins (natural painkillers)
-A Smile Can Increase Your Lifespan
Imagine a week without stress and pain, it will be a happy week for you and your health. When we smile our brain release neuropeptides that drive away stress, dopamine that makes us happy, endorphins as natural painkillers and serotonin that improves our mood
The release of this hormones has the ability to cut down to the minimum the risk of premature death due to stress, anxiety and depression.
-Improve Your Immune System
A smile can raise levels of immune cells and boost infection fighting antibodies. "Laughter and positive thinking increase immune response, allowing us to be less probe to disease" Dr lina velikova MD PhD and medical advisor
-Smilling Reduces Depression And Anxiety
As earlier said when we smile our brain release neuropeptides that drive away stress. Depression and anxiety is connected to chronic stress which can be reduced through smiling
-A Smile Can Reduce The Risk Of Headache
One of the major causes of headache is stress. Since a smile relives us of stress, then the risk of headache is been lowered with every smile
Other benefits of smiling
It helps you keep calm
It helps you remain positive
It makes you look hospitable
It lits up your face making you look beautiful
A smile expresses gratitude better
This and many more are the benefit of smiling. Research shows that an average happy adult smiles 40-50 times per day and the typical adult smiles 20 times per day. These research does not mean that an average adult cannot smile beyond 50 times daily. You can deliberately increase the number of times you smile daily by following a DAILY SMILE PLAN
Sources
-Verywell mind
-Henry Ford Health
-Auraglow
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