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More and more, scientists are finding out new things about the brain and the mind. Holistically, we have always known that the body and the brain, as a part of the body, carry around the spirit and support it. The mind is that process that allows the spirit to interact with the world as a whole. It seems fairly obvious, but only recently has science caught up with this way of thinking. We can see this in all aspects of our life and is most exemplified when something goes wrong with our body.

The brain was thought of as a lump of material that attained a certain size and stopped reproducing itself, could not repair itself and after a certain age it was a race to see which would go first - your brain or you would die. We also only use 10% of the brain. And of course, scientists believed once the brain died, so did the mind. Recent studies are starting to blow some of these time honored theories right out of the water.

Today, brain imaging during various activities, both mental and physical, are showing that we use a much larger portion of our brain than previously was thought. We now can see that all sections of the brain light up corresponding to the tested activity. Also, the brain does not stop growing or reproducing new cells as previously thought. Each time you begin a new activity sections of the brain are shown to grow and have more related activity. This has been shown for may activities, such as, juggling, learning a new language, playing a new game, physical exercise and a host of other things that require learning something new.

It was also thought that a damaged brain could not repair itself. What has now been found is that the brain can rewire itself, so to speak, allowing the person to perform an action, they had previously lost with another portion of the brain. Scientists have found the brain can actually re-route itself. And the brain does not necessarily have to die just because we get to old age. Studies, again, are showing that exercise, good diet and good friends and family can help keep a brain sharp until the day you die.

All this proves that you are the one that has the largest control over how your brain functions and how fulfilling your life is. Granted there are some diseases that can prove too debilitating, but even then a healthy lifestyle can minimize the effects of those diseases. So get up, get out and enjoy life.

Be well.

Related posts:

http://www.northof50.us/holistic-wellness/keeping-your-mind

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_90855.html

http://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20091016/stay-healthy-in-retirmenet-with-work?src=RSS_PUBLIC

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090914172524.htm

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