Andrew Huberman· PhD
The calories that you consume, the so-called basal metabolic rate, most of that isn't related to movement or heartbeat or breathing, it's related to brain function.
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The calories that you consume, the so-called basal metabolic rate, most of that isn't related to movement or heartbeat or breathing, it's related to brain function.
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the brain is a very metabolically active tissue and based in terms of the size of the brain relative to the amount of energy that it uses there's a great mismatch there relative to other organs in the body
that two of the biggest energy demanding organs are the brain and the gut
on the order of 20 percent of our energy consumption again you've provided a very elegant explanation for why that's the case why is it that this tiny tiny organ is so energy demanding