Eat, Drink and Be Merry

Laughter apparently stimulates the body’s immune system. Drinking alcohol makes people laugh more. Thus, people should drink more, Geoffrey Lowe, a psychologist at the University of Hull, England, said at the British Psychological Society’s annual meeting. Not only that, he adds, but the cardiovascular system is strengthened by alcohol. “We are saying perhaps people shouldn’t use alcohol as a medicine but only as a facilitator for fun and I believe that might be the important thing,” Lowe said. That is to say, “I wouldn’t necessarily drink more as a basis of this research. I would laugh more.” (Reuters) ...I’ll drink to that.