The Table of Contents
Wanna Laff© 7th Edition
The Science, Health, Theology & Therapy of Laughter
Page - updated edition coming in September 2025
1 Disclaimer and Written by (skip this page)
2 This book is dedicated to… (don’t skip this page)
3 Table of Contents (Duh)
4-8 Comments about the “Jokes” in Section 3 (skip!)
9 Extinguished Authors of Classic Literature (skip!)
10 Artist Kudos & Anti-Brain Storm Resources (don’t skip!)
Section 1 - The Science & Health of Laughter
11-12 Brain Storms = No Laffin’
12-13 A Powerful Stress Reliever
13-16 Your Mind Controls Stress
16 What Happens to You When Stressed
17-21 10 Ways Stress Sets You Back
21-23 51 Signs & Symptoms of Chronic Stress
23-24 Can Stress Cause Depression?
24-26 Why Are You Depressed?
26-29 Could Your Depression be Caused by This?
29-30 What about Panic?
30-35 What about Worry?
35-38 Stressful-Toxic-Brain Storm Relationships
38-39 Are You Serene or Stressed?
39-48 Tips for Going from Stressed to Serene
48-49 Awesome Facts about Laughter
49 Laughter is Good for Your Heart
49-50 Improves Blood Sugar
50 Reduces Pain
50 Laughter Therapy
50-51 Funny Things to Watch
51-52 Practice Laughing & Other Ways to Bring Smiles
52-53 Laughter Prescription
53-55 Gelotologists Determine…
55 Humor and Relationships
55-57 More Benefits of Laughter
Section 2 - The Theology of Laughter
57-59 The Humor of Jesus Christ
59-61 Laughter is a Gift from God
61-67 Laughter Healing Quotes
Section 3 - The Therapy of Laughter
67-194 The “Jokes”
195 The Main Cast of Characters
Section 4 - Personal Sharing
196-198 Why I Wrote This Book
199 Maintaining Brain Calm
200 In Memory of My Precious Louann♥♥♥
Wanna Live - A Chiropractor’s Journey to Living the AAANEWS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
1 Title Page
2-3 Chiropractic Quotes
4 Disclaimer
5-7 Table of Contents
8 The Chiropractic Angel
9 Do You Want to Live?
9-11 Authenticity
11-12 Zombie Books
12-13 Transformation
13-14 Biased Health Opinions
14 Dogmatic Triad
14-15 Choose Your Care Wisely
15-16 Our Time is Short
16-17 Proof We Don’t Have Much Time Left
17-18 If You’re 70 or Older, or even Younger, Prepare!
18 Your Ability to Stand on One Leg
18-19 Your Grip Strength
19-20 Your Walking Speed
20-21 Your Sleeping Patterns
21-22 Your Appetite and Eating Habits
22-23 Your Ability to Handle Stress
23-24 Your Social Connections
24 You Can Improve Those Seven Factors
24 The Only Foundation that Matters
24-26 Patient versus Client
26-27 Back to the Event
27-30 The Answer Is
30-31 Struggles and Authenticity
31-32 Sanctify
32-35 Lost in the Wilderness
35-36 Brain Storms
36-38 Aging, Death, and Your Legacy
38-39 Obituary versus Legacy
39-42 Too Old or Young to Start a Legacy
42-45 AAANEWS
45-46 ATTITUDE
46-49 What a “Bad Attitude” Brings to the Average Adult
49-52 How to Break Out of Being Average
52-54 Attitude Questions
54-55 The Destructive Attitudes of Anger and Resentment
55-60 Knowledge, Skill, and Desire Attitudes
60-63 ALIGNMENT
63-65 Things to Align With
65 ASSESSMENT
65-69 The Wheels and Spokes
67-69 Why are There Only 8 Spokes on Each Wheel?
69-73 How to Measure Your Wheels
74 NUTRITION
74-75 What is Nutrition? What is Dietetics?
75-77 Diet
77 Visit Often Your Local Farmacy
77-78 Creatine Monohydrate
78 Protein
78 Oxygen
78-79 Fish Oil
79 Royal Lee Lamented
80 Three Foundational Supplements
80-81 Who Makes Your Supplements?
81-84 Benefits of Ivermectin and Fenbendazole
84 The Top 11 Sources of Sugar in Your Diet
84 How to Calculate Your Insulin Resistance Score
84-85 Something to Know
85 Kudos to Louisiana
85-86 Explore Your Diet Options with These Experts
86-87 Weight Management
87-90 Waist-To-Hip Ratio
90-91 Biblical Nutrition
91-93 The Weight Loss Industry
93 Eight Factors to Measure
93-94 Intuitive Eating
94-96 What is Your Current Weight and Body Fat?
96 Skinny Fat
96-101 Body Mass Index & When the Body Defends the Fat
101-103 A Diet Detox Challenge
103-105 Here’s How I Approach My Diet
105-106 Faith and Fasting
106 What is Fasting?
106-109 Fasting: Purposes, Types, How To, Religious, The Bible
109-111 Other Bible Fasting Verses
112 Fasting Quotes
112-113 What Fasting with Prayer Does for Our Spiritual Life
113 Before Starting a Fast, Ask Yourself
113-115 Types of Fasting
115 Fasting from Food and Water
115-116 How Long Should I Fast?
117-118 Regarding Electrolytes and Hydration
119-122 Benefits of Intermittent Fasting
122-124 Autophagy
124-125 Dry Fasting
125 Brain Specialist Gives His Fasting Recommendations
126-127 Foods After a Fast & Additional Tips
127-130 Nutrition and Visceral Fat
131-134 EXERCISE
134-136 My Exercise Routine
136-145 WATER, Thirst, How Much, Drinking Water Dangers
145-146 Water Filtration Systems
146 Testing Water Quality
146-147 Lemon Juice, Limes, and Oranges
147-150 Truth Bombshell about Water
150-154 SLEEP
154 Chronic Insomnia
154-156 Five Crucial Processes for Sleep
156-158 Sleep Facts, Sleeping Pills, Blood Pressure
158-161 How to Get Good, Consistent Sleep
161-163 Caffeine: The Sleep Stealer
163-167 Segmented Sleep and How Jesus Slept
167-173 Grief and Cortisol
173-178 Lifestyle and the “4 Ts”
178-182 Virology and the Four Humors
182-187 Regarding My AAANEWS Lifestyle
187-189 The Bane of Nocturia
189-219 How I Became a Chiropractor
219-221 What I Would Do Differently
221-224 What I Learned as a Chiropractor Regarding Clients
224-225 A Few Basic Principles of Chiropractic
225-226 Chiropractic Helps Where Others Cannot (example)
226-233 Chiropractic Techniques, the Adjustment, KST
233-238 The Strange Death of Chiropractic
238-242 Negate the Zombies in Your Life
242-244 Books, Videos, Websites, and The AAANEWS Logo
Let's have some fun with the wanna laff cover
Hidden "Easter Eggs"
Look carefully; these "hidden items" are on the 6th edition's front cover. They are not listed in order. It is best to see them if you hold the book with a magnifying glass and flashlight. You did buy a book, right? You didn't? Better hurry before the price increases to $49.95. Uhhhh, well, anyway, here they are and what they mean:
1. Tennessee and Texas flags: I was born and raised in Sherman, TX.
October ('24), I will have lived in Collierville, TN, for five years. Before that, my wife and I visited here twice a year for twelve years.
2. Tennessee state flag hatband. It's the volunteer state, yall.
3. Idaho on the coffee pot in honor of the beautiful state where I love to spend time in coffee shops. I have never even taken a sip of coffee. I love their atmosphere and herbal teas.
4. Glue on red, white, and blue patriotic toenails from Buc-ee's.
5. Green headband in honor of North Texas State University, the “Mean Green” in Denton, Texas, where I attempted pre-med studies after barely graduating from Tabor.
6. Baseball cap with a cool Tabor College logo.
7. The black pot of chili that Cooter pulled down on himself, as revealed on page 148.
8. Stella Jo bought the Texas coffee cup at Buc-ee's in Melissa, Texas. She and Bubba's home is decorated in Buc-ee's artifacts. Sometimes, they will drive 30 minutes from Sherman South on Hwy. 75 to use their restrooms and grocery shop.
9. A black pill bottle with a bull’s head refers to page 125.
10. The football in honor of the years I tried to play it at Tabor College. I played guard, tackle, and end. Yep, I guarded the water bottles, tackled any band member who tried to "steal one," and sat at the end of the bench.
11. The Sherman Bearcat logo honors SHS, as I barely graduated high school in 1968. See pages 169-170.
12. Purple striped tie honors Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa. I graduated in March, 1984. How? I still don't know.
13. Chiropractic “angel” in honor of the amazing chiropractic profession.
14. The Bluejay logo honors the sports played at Tabor College, of which I tried to play one of them.
15. 46-64 in an oval in honor of Baby Boomers born from 1946 to 1964. You know who you are. I don't. But you do.
16. Five cola cans each represent a decade; therefore, it is 50 years since Louann and I would have been married on August 2, 2024.
17. Patriotic red, white, and blue lawn chair. It was "accidentally" blown up by Cooter Jr on 7/4/24 when he lit a "Feel the Blast" firework underneath it. Fortunately, Bubba Jr was not injured, but it did blow his tee-shirt off and a boot. The book was found unscathed, floating in Lake Texoma.
18. Billy Bob and Billie June talking into an old-timey “flip phone.”
19. Boomie. Read about this little bird on page 194.
20. A heart with initials carved into a tree trunk in memory of falling in love with Louann Boese while students at Tabor in September of 1973. See page 200.
21. University of Texas Longhorn sleeveless T-shirt.
22. The steak. How in the world could anyone hide a 72-ounce steak? Jr could. In his stomach.
23. The ten cartoon characters represent the people I grew up with in Sherman, Texas. I will reveal who they are when the statute of limitations runs out on them and in reading my will. Don't worry if you identified yourself; your secrets are safe with me if your checks keep coming and don't bounce.
24. The yellow oval represents "the yolk's on you" and me and them.
25. The broom symbolizes this “Easter Egg Hunt” game you’ve played of Hide and “Sweep-seek” with me.
26. The "cooler" represents how "cool" Baby Boomers were and still are.
So, how did you do? Did you find one or two I didn’t mention? Message me to let me know.
