It’s not just runners who can live the high life...
RUNNER’S high is an actual thing – a release of feel-good chemicals that gives some runners a real buzz. The question is, can you get it without running?
This is a special episode of the myth-busting medical show, part of this year’s BBC Music Day about how music can change lives.
Michael Mosley teams up with experts at the University of Nottingham and with members of the Derbyshire Rock Choir to put singing, cycling, and dancing to the test.
In a Trust Me first, it’s revealed that group singing can release chemicals that can also give us a natural high.
It seems that some activities can boost our levels of endocannabinoids to give our brains a buzz.
They are similar to the properties found in the cannabis plant apparently – quick, get your running shoes on or join a choir.
It’s an interesting experiment, one that sheds light on treating mental health issues.
Elsewhere, there’s an investigation into how music and singing can help mothers recover from post-natal depression.
Dr Zoe Williams also looks at what you can do to improve your health if you’re living with dementia and discovers how music, singing, exercise, diet and social interaction can help. There’s also a fascinating little piece on the barrage of products for sale that promise to detox our body. Detoxing should be about removing something bad, like drugs or alcohol, not dieting, so do we even need to detox?
The answers are here. As ever, this is an informative show that debunks myths.