Please gamble responsibly.
by Penny Walker
One glance out of my window at people bustling past wrapped up to the eyeballs in winter woolies and all I want to do is snuggle up indoors under a duvet, switch off my brain and watch TV with a mug of steaming hot tea!
Determined not to let my brain turn to mush this season, I have been encouraged to refocus my mind concentrating on online bingo amidst speculation that using the internet could be the key to slowing the onset of dementia.
Spokesman for the Alzheimer's Research Trust, Timothy Parry explains that more research is required to support the theory that using the internet could slow dementia but that it does require several mental processes to be used at the same time which makes it a "beneficial brain exercise."
So now when I play online bingo, instead of lazily letting the autodab take over, I'm poised over the keyboard to see if I can beat the dauber!
So that's my mind sharpened, so what about general health?� It's no secret that drinking tea has long been a way for people to sit back and relax, but new research has shown that it may also help to prevent cancer.
Reuters reported a Japanese study conducted by Dr Toru Naganuma which claimed that people who drank more than five cups of green tea everyday saw a health benefit of up to 42% reduction in the chance of developing certain blood and lymph system cancers, compared to people drinking only one cup of green tea a day.