Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Table Tennis and Early Stage Alzheimer

 Table tennis, affectionately known as ping pong, is a potential vaccine in the fight against Early Stage Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia affecting over five million Americans today. Steadily gaining media attention, even Oprah’s favorite doc, Dr. Oz, dedicated a whole segment of his TV show on the benefits of ping pong, describing it as his favorite ‘brain’ sport. 



Dr. Oz, along with three helpers (Tina, Barbara and Deb), demonstrated the fabulous game of ping pong. In addition to being very fun, did you know that ping pong can help prevent and even improve alzheimer’s disease?

As the ping pong ball bounces back and forth, you need good hand eye coordination, and the rapid eye movements plus the analysis and constant calculation that your brain has to do to predict where the ball will be, keeps your brain young and improves both motor and cognitive functions!