Why Creativity Is The Most Powerful Health Tool You’re Not Using with Professor Daisy Fancourt #654

Not only do the arts relax us in terms of stress response, but they also affect levels of inflammation in our immune system. And over time we see that people who are more regularly engaged in the arts have lower inflammatory profiles. This is hugely exciting because it's showing that arts engagement isn't just a surface thing that affects our feelings on the outside, but it's affecting the fundamental building blocks of our health. Hey guys, how are you doing? Hope you're having a good week so far.

My name is Dr. Rongan Chatterjee and this is my podcast, Feel Better, Live More. Imagine if one of the most powerful things you could do for your health was also one of the most enjoyable. Well, Here's the good news, it's absolutely the case.

My guest today is Professor Daisy Fancourt, a world-leading expert on the relationship between the arts and health, and author of the brand new book, Arts Cure. Over years of research, she's found the evidence to convince her that engaging with the arts deserves to be the fifth pillar of health, alongside nutrition, movement, sleep. and relaxation. And it won't be long, she predicts, before science and society alike agree. We'll accept, she says, that music, dancing, painting, visiting the theatre, and all the wonderful ways there are to be creative benefits our mental and physical well being in comparable ways.

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