Adding music to your daily routine does more for your health than you think. Music is actually a universal language that appeals to us all. Listening to the music of your choice enhances learning and healing and helps improve quality of life, especially if daily management of diabetes is involved.
There are several ways music can intertwine into your life and various activities by helping you move better, think better, or even relax better. Here’s how.
Music strengthens your immune system by increasing the antibody immunoglobulin, which plays an important role in immunity by functioning as an antibody that neutralizes pathogens.
Listening to music can reduce stress levels by reducing stress hormones like cortisol. It can also raise levels of the “love hormone” oxytocin which also reduces stress.
Using different types of music can improve your mental balance by cheering you up, calming you down, helping you focus, and easing pain. Since everyone is different, choose the music that works for you as you need it to.
Music can help with depression by raising your mood and helping you get through tough times.
Music has also been shown to reduce anxiety. Studies have found that in different cases music was used to calm patients before and after surgery, people while driving, students before taking an exam, or even calming nerves after a cancer diagnosis
Music is also being used as therapy
Music Therapy is a therapeutic technique in which a patient is evaluated for physical or psychological needs, before undergoing a personalized regimen of creating, singing, listening, or dancing to music—or a combination of the four. Music therapy is used in hospitals, schools, psychiatric clinics, and convalescent homes. Music therapy has also had a demonstrably positive effect on diabetes mellitus.
The use of music therapy for diabetes has been shown to:
- Lower anxiety levels
- Improve concentration and memory
- Inspire physical activity
- Help nerves function more effectively
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As you can see, music does a lot for your life, including helping you manage your diabetes better, stress less, and feel better overall.
As endocrinologist (and musician) R. Mack Harrell, MD says, “Whether your preference is Mozart or Lady Gaga, make it a point to enjoy a few minutes of your favorite ‘beats’ on a daily basis. You’ll be healthier and happier for it.”
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