It’s all about keeping active! Keeping your mind and body active can reduce the onset of disabilities by a staggering 65% and can ward of mental illnesses including dementia.
Bingo effectively allows you to keep your mind and body active, either in halls or if you play bingo online at sites such as Gala Bingo. Playing can help reduce the decline of motor function- a characteristic of old age, according to the Archives of Internal Medicine Journal.
“These data raise the possibility that social engagement can slow motor function decline and possibly delay adverse health outcomes from such decline. Further work is needed to ensure that this is a causal relationship,” says the report, after a five year study that had 96 participants.
The social aspect of playing bingo in halls helps you stay young; this is simply by regularly having chats with friends, as the game is embedded in social community. Even if the person already has reported health problems the effects of aging seem to be reduced.
Some pretty good news! Long live bingo and its players!
