Sliced Bread - Series 10: Float Tanks

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<p>Does a session in a float tank work wonders for your mental health and exercise recovery?</p><p>Listener Maddy has heard a lot about float tanks and joins Greg Foot to find out if it really is the latest product worth spending money on.</p><p>She’s a keen runner and wants to know if claims that it can help with exercise recovery stack up. And what about the effects on the brain? When Maddy's partner recently paid for a session in a float tank he reported a sense of both relaxation and euphoria, which helped him through a period of poor mental health. But is any of that backed up the science? </p><p>Greg speak to two experts in the field to run the studies through the evidence mill. </p><p>All of the ideas for out investigations come from you, our listeners, and we’re always on the lookout for more. If you have seen a wonder product that claims to make you happier, healthier or greener, and want to know if it is SB or BS, then please do send it over on email to <a href="mailto:sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk">sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk</a> or drop us a message or voice note on WhatsApp to 07543 306807.</p><p>PRESENTER: GREG FOOT PRODUCER: SIMON HOBAN</p>