First, singing can protect skin and beauty.
Li Jing, an associate professor in the music therapy clinic of Nanjing Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, said that singing often is one of the secrets of keeping beautiful.
For female friends, the face is the easiest to feel old. There are 42 expression muscles on human face, which can produce extremely rich expressions. Regular exercise of these muscles can make the expression richer and the face younger. If there is no exercise, facial muscles will gradually weaken, but fat will gradually increase, and the face is prone to aging.
People who often sing unconsciously strengthen the exercise of facial muscles, promote the blood circulation of the face, and help eliminate facial toxins. When singing, facial muscles will move rhythmically with the music, so that facial muscles remain flexible and elastic, so it is easier to play a role in skin care.
Second, singing can accelerate detoxification.
If you want to exercise by singing, you usually need abdominal breathing. Although chest breathing is easy, if there is no abdominal breathing exercise, it is more likely to lead to the increase or even accumulation of "garbage" in the body, and the blood circulation is more likely to stagnate. How to beautify a woman with poor blood circulation?
Abdominal breathing can also increase the volume of chest cavity, increase the negative pressure of chest cavity, reduce the pressure of superior and inferior vena cava and accelerate blood return through the change of abdominal pressure. Due to the regular increase or decrease of abdominal pressure, the activity of abdominal internal organs is strengthened, which improves the blood circulation of digestive tract, promotes the digestion and absorption function of digestive tract, promotes intestinal peristalsis, accelerates the discharge of toxins, weakens or even eliminates a hidden danger of skin damage, and the skin can naturally remain young!
Thirdly, singing helps to restore memory.
Wang Jianhua, director of the Department of Neurology, Hebei Provincial People's Hospital, said that besides drug therapy, psychosocial therapy is also extremely important for Alzheimer's patients. According to the literature of singing therapy for Alzheimer's Harmo's disease, although the memory of patients with Alzheimer's Harmo's disease is almost completely lost, they often vaguely remember the lyrics of their favorite songs. Therefore, St. Agnes Hospital in Maryland, USA, has designed a peculiar singing therapy, so that patients can often enjoy their favorite songs as children. Gradually, happy expressions appeared on their faces. Singing can play a positive role in helping people with dementia recover some memories.
Fourth, singing can prevent snoring.
A new study published in the American International Journal of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery found that simple vocal exercises (singing) every day can prevent snoring. Alice Ojay, a British vocal music teacher, designed a "singing training method" to help treat chronic snoring and sleep apnea. Inspired by this, the University of Exeter in Royal Devon and the NHS Foundation in Exeter launched a new research on "Singing for Snoring".
The researchers asked 30 snorers to practice their voices for a few minutes every day for three months. The results showed that compared with the other 30 sleep snorers who did not receive "music therapy", the snoring situation of the former was obviously improved.
Dr Malcolm Hilton, an otolaryngologist in charge of this study, said that the study proved that practicing vocalization every day for three months can significantly reduce the frequency and severity of snoring and improve the overall sleep quality, which may be related to the enhancement of muscle strength of the throat and maxilla. This new study opens up a new way for non-surgical treatment of snoring.
Five, the release of hormones
Related research professors have conducted long-term research on the role of singing. He said: "Stress will affect the body's immune system. If you feel good about what you are doing, your immune system will be strengthened. "
Researchers have proved that when people sing, their brains release a hormone called oxytocin. A mother who has just given birth to a baby will also release this hormone in her brain when she is breastfeeding her baby. Couples also release this hormone in their brains during sexual intercourse or when lovers stare at each other affectionately. This hormone can enhance the feelings between people. The researchers also found that oxytocin is most released in the human brain during adolescence. Perhaps it is for this reason that many people are particularly impressed by the songs they have heard or sung in adolescence.
The release of this hormone can also explain why some music lovers like to form bands. David hume Lun, a music research expert at Ohio State University, said: "When we sing and dance together, everyone's emotions are synchronized." The army undoubtedly knows this, so they always let the soldiers sing the March together rhythmically.
Sixth, enhance immune function.
Singing can not only make us happy, but also enhance our immune function to some extent. According to the research of relevant experts, the content of a special immunoglobulin in the choir increased by 65,438 0.50% after each song and increased to 240% after a public performance. It can be seen that although singing can't resist or prevent colds to a certain extent, singing can really enhance our immune system under appropriate circumstances.
Inspired by these studies, Jean Cohen, director of the Center for Aging, Health and Humanities Studies at George Washington University, conducted an experiment to test whether the elderly who have never received vocal training can really benefit from singing. The researchers compared two groups of elderly people over 65 who actively participated in social activities. One group of old people sang under the guidance of a professional conductor every week, while the other group still actively participated in various activities, but did not participate in the choir. A year later, the health index of the elderly in the first group was much higher than that in the second group. Old people who insist on singing go to the hospital to see a doctor and take medicine less often, and the possibility of falling down is less.
Seven, training neural pathways
Other related studies also show that no matter the elderly, young students or the homeless. After the choir sings, you will feel better. In addition, patients with emphysema have improved their breathing after singing training. The study also found that amateur singers have a better personal image.
John Laumel, former president of the National Endowment for the Arts, believes that there is a connection between art and learning. He said: "Music uses the right brain and language uses the left brain. The neural pathway between them is very strong. I can remember the lyrics of almost every song I have sung. It is very important to expose children to music and singing. In my opinion, studying art can train our neural pathways, which is very helpful for us to learn other fields.
Eighth, get through the neural pathways.
Because our emotions are different in different forms after we sing this song, but in most cases they are positive emotions. When we sing, we often use the left brain, while the right brain produces the function of language. Therefore, after we sing songs, not only will our mood change to a certain extent, but our right brain will also get various exercises in different degrees. So singing can open our neural pathways and improve our memory more effectively.
Nine, exercise oral muscles
When singing, people's oral muscles will participate in sports, because when people pronounce, the vibration of vocal cords will drive the muscles in the back of the mouth and upper throat to move. When people sing, the muscles in different parts of the mouth will also be exercised.
X. relieve constipation
When singing, abdominal breathing exercises abdominal muscles, which can also stimulate the peristalsis of the large intestine. If it is chronic constipation, it is better to sing more. In addition, the lungs control the fur (skin and hair), and singing can promote deep breathing, make the lung channels smoother, enhance lung function, make the skin color and skin quality more ideal, and also contribute to the growth and moisturizing of hair.
Eleven, burning neutral fat
Singing can promote new thanks and strengthen abdominal muscles; At the same time, when the body fat starts to burn, neutral fat is the first thing to burn. Singing can help it burn and help you become a slim beauty. Coupled with the effect of singing and dancing, singing a song can lose quite a lot of fat. The basic breathing method of singing is abdominal breathing, which can make full use of abdominal muscles, promote metabolism, strengthen abdominal muscles and help burn fat.
The above content introduces the specific benefits of singing in life to the human body. Do friends know anything about it? When faced with great pressure in life, we should also know how to release it in an appropriate way, and sing a few more songs occasionally, which is good for our health.