- On average you have 50,000 – 70,000 thoughts a day.
- Every time you have a thought you are creating new connections (neural pathways) in your brain.
- Your brain has 80 to 120 billion neurons (nerve cells), the number of which grows when you are learning new things.
- Your brain weighs about 1300 grams, which is approximately 2% of a person’s body weight.
- Your brain uses 20-30% of all the calories you eat… that’s why it’s important to pay attention to what you eat and chose wholesome quality fuel for your body and your brain.
- Your brain consists of 60% white matter and 40% grey matter.
- White matter is actually pink color, it’s made up of axons and dendrites (parts of the nerve cells that can reach all the way from your brain to the finger on your hand), it’s responsible for communication between different brain regions via neural networks.
- Grey matter is actually pink too and it’s primarily associated with processing and cognition.
- Synapses is a way your brain cells communicate with each other passing electrical or chemical signals.
- When you have the same thought or emotion automatically triggered by a certain event, this emotion or thought comes from a neural network that was wired when you experienced that event for the first time. Every time you experience a similar event, the same network is triggered and you can’t even remember where it comes from and why you feel that way.
- You can change and rearrange your neural networks. You can literally rewire your brain.
- Your brain is 75% water… that’s why, when you are dehydrated, your brain slows down and becomes fuzzy long before you get the actual physical symptoms of thirst.
Elena Kostyugova
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