Did you know that your brain continues to change and grow throughout your life?

Well, it does. The brain is not a static organ. It is a living, growing, expanding, malleable organ. This process is known as Plasticity. All of its parts are alive and nothing in the brain stays the same. Over a lifetime the nervous system is replaced biochemically hundreds of times.

This means that every part of the brain - the membranes, the genes, the transmitters, the receptors, literally everything that make up your nervous system is continually being replaced. These intricate chemicals are constantly being turned over. This is why you should eat well to provide nutrients that help replace vital substances including vitimens, minerals and trace elements.

The number of chemical reactions that take place in the nervous system at any given time is in the hundreds of thousands. Everything that is broken down in the brain, all of the transmitters generated, every energy reaction, all structural proteins and lipids, and the process inter- conversions of substances that to create other substances occur via very complex biochemical reactions. Anything that upsets or disturbs this delicate balance can eventually have long term effects such as dementia, Alzheimer's and other brain disorders.

So remember learning, exercise, and proper diet are good for continued brain development.

Let me know what your thoughts are? Are you taking care of your brain?

Dr. Darlene
To your health

Sources:
Excitotoxins - Russell L. Blaylock, MD

Metabotropic glutamate receptors: a new target for therapy of neurodegenerative disorders - Trends in neuroscience 19 pages 267-271.

The Zone. A Dietary roadmap- Dr. Sears