Nutrition and the Brain

The Brain Center for Neurological Rehabilitation
2255 S. Wadsworth Blvd., Suite G5
Lakewood, CO 80227

Phone: 303-989-5887
Fax: 303-989-5760

docs@makemybrainmatter.com

Laughing at a joke is no simple task as it requires activity in five different areas of the brain.

Unconsciousness will occur 8-10 seconds after loss of blood supply to the brain.

Keep exercising your brain, because mental activity stimulates the creation of new neurons throughout your whole life.

When you sleep, you're virtually paralyzed because your brain creates a hormone to prevent you from acting out your dreams.

It is not true that humans only use 10% of their brains; each part of the brain has a purpose.

Reading aloud and talking often to a young child promotes brain development.

Your brain uses 20% of the total oxygen and 20% of the blood circulating in your body.

A lack of sleep may actually decrease your ability to create new memories.

The human brain is the fattest organ in the body and may consist of at least 60% fat.

The human brain weighs approximately 3 pounds. Your skin weighs twice as much as your brain.

There are no pain receptors in the brain, so the brain can feel no pain.

A living brain is so soft you could cut it with a table knife.

During early pregnancy the neurons in the fetus can multiply at a rate 250,000 neurons per minute.

3 year old brains are two and a half times more active than adult brains.