Dancing Makes You Smarter!

Dancing Makes You Smarter!

The benefits of dance are certainly not limited to physical exercise and social interaction. If you didn't have enough to get you to a dance class with just those two, there is new evidence showing that dancing, over most other forms of physical exercise, stimulates the brain the most, and provides a highly reduced risk of dementia. Check out a fascinating article here.

Taken from the same article, which uses the findings of a 21-year study conducted by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, funded by the National Institute on Aging, and published in the New England Journal of Medicine, to demonstrate the evidence for dancing being the one of the best forms of mental stimulation, and the only physical activity to offer protection against dementia.

Here are some examples of the many activities observed during the study, and the rough percentages of the reduced risk of dementia as a result in frequently undertaking these activities.

Reading - 35%

Bicycling and swimming - 0%

Doing crossword puzzles at least four days a week - 47%

Playing golf - 0%

Dancing frequently - 76%.

The 76% reduced risk of dementia from frequent dancing was the highest of any activity studied, cognitive or physical.

Mental Benefits

Some of the mental benefits of rhythmic dancing include:

§  An improvement in your mood

§  Extra energy

§  Helps with depression

Physical Benefits

Some of the physical benefits of rhythmic dancing include:

§  Improved flexibility

§  Strengthening of the muscles

§  Helps maintain bone mass

§  Strengthening of the heart

§  Improvement in posture

§  Improvement of your core muscle strength

§  Relieves joint pain due to arthritis

For women experiencing menopause and post menopause, exercising for fitness through dancing helps to develop stamina and maintain a healthy bone mass for those at risk for osteoporosis. For those with osteoarthritis, exercising can help relieve pain in the joints

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