Laughter Improves Breast Milk
Breastfed babies with eczema experienced milder symptoms if their mothers laughed hours before feeding them, according to a study by Hajime Kimata at the Moriguchi-Keijinkai Hospital in Osaka, Japan.
In his study, forty-eight infants aged 5–6 months were enrolled. All of the infants had atopic eczema (AE) and were allergic to latex and house dust mite. Half of the mothers of these infants had AE, while another 24 mothers were healthy subjects.
Breastfeeding mothers were shown either an 87-minute Charlie Chaplin movie or an 87-minute footage of dull weather information before samples of their breast milk were taken at regular intervals afterwards. After two milk feeds, their babies’ allergic reactions to dust mites and latex were measured. The infants whose mothers had laughed had markedly reduced allergic reactions.
Higher levels of melatonin were also found in the laughing mothers’ milk. Melatonin is a hormone associated with relaxation which tends to be reduced in people with eczema.
Source: H Kimata “Laughter elevates the levels of breast-milk melatonin” Journal of Psychosomatic Research June 2007 62 (6):699-702
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