[lace-chat] knitting and hobbies help prevent alzheimers

2006-01-21 Thread Jean Nathan
"Adults with hobbies that exercise their brains - such as reading, jigsaw puzzles or chess - are 2.50 times less likely to have Alzheimer's disease, while leisure limited to TV watching may increase the risk" What about those of us who make lace, do jigsaw puzzles, read, knit, sew, try and sol

Re: [lace-chat] knitting and hobbies help prevent alzheimers

2006-01-21 Thread suzy
> > What about those of us who make lace, do jigsaw puzzles, read, knit, > sew, > try and solve Sudoku puzzles (the coffee break ones can take me a > couple of > hours!), while watching the TV? Perhaps we'll develop Alzheimer's > slowly! i was hoping crochet would be added to the list. it is a

[lace-chat] knitting and hobbies help prevent alzheimers/ drinking coffee

2006-01-21 Thread suzy
here is a website showing an article on how to prevent or delay the effects of alzeimers. http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2001-03-05-alzheimers-hobbies.htm here is another website saying that coffee helps diabetes and learning. http://www.bella-caffe.com/Benefits_of_Coffee.htm http://www.su