We’ve just been reading about the new study that has found that walking around five miles a week may help slow the cognitive decline associated with both Alzheimer’s and Mild Cognitive Impairment disease in adults. This study was made over twenty years. It consisted of a total of 426 people, including 299 healthy adults with an average age of 78, as well as 127 cognitively impaired adults with an average age of 81.
During the 20-year study, Dr. Cyrus Raji from the Department of Radiology at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania analysed the relationship between physical activity and brain structure for both groups of adults. He noted how far each of the patients walked every week.
In every case, researchers found that the more physical activity patients did, the more brain volume they had. They came to the conclusion that cognitively impaired patients need to walk at least 5 miles a week to maintain brain volume and slow down further cognitive decline. Researchers added that healthy adults need to walk at least six miles a week to maintain brain volume and considerably reduce their chances of developing Alzheimer’s.
Considering La Grande Mare is 4700 yards which is 2.7miles, allow a bit for wandering around and looking to find were your pesky ball has gone, that could be 3 miles.

So: Play golf twice a week and stay smarter!