Send Crossworld Puzzles
Fend Off Dementia with Sex, Crosswords and a RunWhy can't watching cable and eating dark chocolate or asian food fend off dementia? I read my ass off - does that count for anything?
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Sex, cryptic crosswords and a good run could help ward off dementia and other degenerative conditions by stimulating new brain cells, an Australian researcher said Thursday.
Perry Bartlett, a professor at the University of Queensland's Brain Institute, said mental and physical exercise helped create and nurture new nerve cells in the brain, keeping it functional and warding off diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
"Perhaps one should run a long distance and do the cryptic crossword, " Bartlett told Australian radio.
He said a chemical called prolactin appeared to promote new cells in the brain and could be found in high levels in pregnant women.
"Prolactin levels also go up during sex as well. So one could think of a number of more entertaining activities than running in order to regulate the production of nerve cells," Bartlett said.
There is no way I'm going running, and I think everyone within hearing range knows that I'm ridiculously single right now, so send crosswords! Maybe a subscription to the NY Times. (or maybe just Highlights.)
Another option is to just embrace my demetia: all of my bad memories would just fade out, I could be a shit to all of the people who truly deserve it, and maybe I would forget to eat and lose some weight. Then I could meet some cute elderly man with dementia, start having sex again, and my dementia would go away! I would have a cute little old boyfriend and be thin! Whoo-hoo!
posted by Anonymous @ 4/07/2005 10:29:00 AM
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