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Inside This Issue 1 Our Favorite Way to Spend Saturday Morning 2 Can Garlic Benefit Your Health? 3 Anxiety CAN Be Overcome 3 Salmon Croquettes With Dill Sauce 4 The Surprising Benefits of Smiling at Strangers
creates more smiles, which can, in turn, improve others’ moods.
THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU Make Time to Grin at Others
Science has more to say about the positive effects of smiling. A better mood is associated with lower stress, and mountains of evidence suggest less stress reduces health problems. If you can improve your health and that of others by doing something so simple, why wouldn’t you? Smiling also eases our social interactions with people, particularly strangers. We smile at someone to thank them for holding a door or to show gratitude for ringing up our purchase. And we smile during potentially tense or uncomfortable situations to indicate we mean no harm. Further, one study suggests
A lot changed with the pandemic, and one effect is that we seem to be smiling less. Time behind masks and communicating with only our eyes has broken the habit for many of us. Some have noted that Americans seem to be grumpier these days. But is our smiling less a symptom or the cause? Multiple studies suggest that smiling makes us feel better — even when we’re unhappy. The “fake it till you make it” approach to joy seems to have multiple benefits. Scientists still don’t understand the mechanism, but there seems to be
a powerful mind-body connection at work. Mimicking a happy facial expression somehow tricks your body into being more positive. You won’t overcome depression this way, but making a point to smile might help you overcome a bad mood. But the benefits extend beyond you, and a simple smile can help make the world a better place. Smiling is contagious. When someone smiles at you, you usually smile back without thinking about it. Whether this response is biological or social, the effect is apparent: Your smile
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