The Amazing Human Body
- The brain has about 100 billion neurons. From the age of 35 about 7,000 neurons are lost daily.
- Your heart pumps about 2 � gallons of blood per minute.
- The brain is composed of 75-80% water. Dehydration can affect proper functioning of the brain.
- In 9 months, 6,000 billion cells form an average baby.
- Your lungs contain a half billion tiny air sacs with a surface area of 40-60 square miles.
- 15-20% of all blood pumped out of the heart goes directly to the brain.
- All the thinking in the brain is about electricity and chemicals. The brain is more active and thinks more at night than during the day.
- Electrical impulses flash along your nerves at 393 feet per second, or about 270 mph.
- There are more than 600 muscles in your body. Many muscles work in a team.
- The retina of the eye contains 137 million nerve endings that carry the picture to the brain.
- In 70 years, your stomach will produce about 60,000 quarts of digestive juices, it will digest about 40 tons of 80,000 lbs of food.
- Each kidney contains 1 million functional units that filter your blood.
***As long as your nervous system is clear of interference, your body is capable of performing all different functions. A vertebral subluxation caused interference to the nervous system, thus diminishing your body's capability of performing these innate functions. Chiropractors are the only professionals trained to remove vertebral subluxations allowing your body to function at 100%.***
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