Laughing burns the calories
by CarolineSome enchanted evening
Someone may be laughing,
You may hear her laughing
Across a crowded room
The girl in “Some Enchanted Evening” may as well be me, because I am virtually always the loudest laugher.
Until a certain age I laughed quietly, and also never smiled with my teeth showing, because adolescence is a mental illness whose logic does not hold up to scrutiny. But things change, and in my case for the better, as related on last weekend’s Car Talk:
no responsesWhile exact caloric expenditure is not yet known, it is thought that 100 good laughs equals some of the physiological benefits of 10 minutes on a rowing machine, even though it doesn’t boost aerobic fitness.