Jul 22 2008
Brain Cells and Neural Connections
Extract From Ilchi Lee’s New Book
We are born with about one hundred billion brain cells. They die off at the approximate rate of 100,000 every day, with about half of them coming from the cerebrum. The rate of brain cell loss is directly related to many factors, including chemical balance, psychological stress, and physical shock. Drugs, lack of exercise, depression, and stress are among the many factors that have been shown to negatively affect the longevity and efficiency of brain cells.
However, if we live to be one hundred years old, we will retain about ninety six percent of our original brain cells. Although everyone loses brain cells with age, brain mass can actually be increased. How can the brain become heavier when there are fewer brain cells? This is because the more you use your brain, the more synapses form between existing brain cells. This increases density of the brain as a whole.
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