opfapartment.blogg.se - Your Brain Is a Muscle Too by Vince Fudzie

Vital functions, such as respiration and heart rateīut, just because your brain isn't a muscle, that doesn't mean you shouldn't train and flex it like one.

Your brain controls and facilitates a lot of things, including your: Neurons are special cells that send and receive information throughout your body in the form of electrical and chemical signals. Your brain, on the other hand, is a three-pound organ made up of soft tissue called grey matter and white matter, which contain neurons and other cells (called glial cells) that help maintain these neurons. And some of your muscles even work on their own, such as the ones that help move food through your digestive tract. You use your muscles to throw a ball for your dog and pick up your cat. Muscle is made up of muscle tissue, which is muscle cells grouped into elastic bundles that contract together to produce motion and/or force. It's an organ - one that actually plays a huge role in controlling muscles throughout your body. But is your brain actually a muscle?Īs it turns out, your brain isn't actually a muscle. You lean on it so much that it's no surprise that your brain feels like a muscle - one you flex throughout the day.

You rely on your brain for, well, everything.

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