INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT OUR BRAIN.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT OUR BRAIN.

(1) 25% of the body’s cholesterol resides within the brain. Cholesterol is an integral part of every brain cell. Without adequate cholesterol, brain cells die.

(2) Babies have big heads to hold rapidly growing brains. A 2-year- old’s brain is 80% of adult size.

(3) Multitasking makes you less productive. When you multitask, your brain simply rapidly toggles back and forth between tasks. This results in decreases in attention span, learning, performance, and short term memory.

(4) Your brain’s storage capacity is considered virtually unlimited. It doesn’t get “used up” like RAM in your computer.

(5) Contrary to prevailing medical belief that  having high total cholesterol is not bad for your brain. In fact it actually reduces your risk of dementia.