The health benefits of learning to play bridge

Learning to play bridge can bring big health benefits. Don't just take my word for it. Studies have been undertaken that prove that playing bridge is good for you. Take a look at http://cbs2.com/video/?id=67182@kcbs.dayport.com.

A game of bridge usually involves four players, playing in pairs. To play effectively you have to add up the points in your hand, work out the strategy for your play and concentrate on the bidding to try to work out what cards the other players have in their hands.

This concentration helps boost brain activity and fight of the onset of dementia.

Increase in brain activity isn't the only benefit of playing bridge. According to the study, playing bridge also stimulates the immune system. This has obvious benefits for helping your body to fight of infections and helping you to stay healthy.

Bridge is a sociable game. Many older people have lost partners and family have moved away, leaving them on their own. Lonliness leads to depression and inactivity. Playing bridge is the perfect way for people who live on their own to make friends and have an active and fulfilling social life.

It doesn't matter if you are less mobile. The game of bridge takes place around a table. It is your brain that is kept active.

If you are new to bridge, join a class. You will meet new friends and quickly learn enough bridge to enable you to join your local bridge club. Once in the club you will never be short of friends and will regularly receive invitations to join in private games in people's houses. Your social life will never have been so busy. You won't have time to sit at home and brood or be lonely.

This will give you a new, more positive, outlook on life. You will be happier, healthier and more active.