X-Message-Number: 22029
From: "Kitty Antonik Wakfer" <>
Subject: RE: CryoNet #22024 - Dancing wins the neuroprotection game
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:21:54 -0400

Thanks, Kenita, for this link which supports a conclusion regarding
dancing - especially emotive extemporaneous - that Paul and I had reached
independently years ago and have enjoyed jointly for the past 3. See my
comments regarding the mental aspects of dancing in our personal exercise
implementation section of MoreLife -
http://morelife.org/personal/health/physacts.html#dancemental

So, Kenita (and others), when you're in Toronto, bring your dancing shoes
and join us for some high energy dancing at some of the numerous clubs in
the downtown area. It's never the same - and that's a key part of the mental
stimulation ;>)

**Kitty Antonik Wakfer
MoreLife for the rational - http://morelife.org
Reality based tools for more life in quantity and quality
Self-Sovereign Individual Project - http://selfsip.org
Rational freedom in our time

PS I'll be adding to MoreLife the link to the report by Joe Verghese when in
reaches PubMed.

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Message #22024
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 22:50:22 +0000
> From: Kennita Watson <>
> Subject: Dancing wins the neuroprotection game
>
> To folks who plan to live long (know anybody like that? :-) ):
>
>  From today's Washington Post:  "Purely physical activities
> failed to lower the risk [of Alzheimer's and other
> dementias], said Verghese, except for dancing, which
> lowered the risk by a dramatic 76 percent. Of all the
> physical activities, dancing involved the most mental
> effort, the researchers noted."
>
> Maybe this will make an impression on some of those people
> who claim that dancing is "just another exercise" or "just
> for fun" or "a waste of time", and they'll come out (with
> me, if they're local) and stretch their legs and their
> brains at the same time.
>
> Just an opportunistic plug :-) -- classes don't start
> till September.
>
> See you,
> Kennita
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10893-2003Jun18.html
> Mind Games May Trump Alzheimer's
> Study Cites Effects Of Bridge, Chess
>
> By Shankar Vedantam
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Thursday, June 19, 2003; Page A01
>
<snip of article>

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