It turns out that during one hour devoted to sudoku or crosswords we can burn more calories than there are found in chocolate drink. Some time ago it was proven that excercicing ones mind with puzzle or quizes burns 90 calories in an hour.
Scientists have discovered that mental effort helps us with burnig calories as effectivly as manual one. Our brain requires at least 0,1 calorie per minute so it can last and function normally. If we do something that demands psychical efford, eg. jigsaw puzzle, we burn 1,5 calorie every minute.
Human brain contains of milions of neurones, which comunicate with each other. They produce chemical compounds called neurotransmitters, that <regulują> flow of information. Neurones to build proper neurotransmitter need 75% of glucose found in calories and 20% of oxygen from blood.
When we face some difficult task, eg. solving sudoku or crosswords, our brain needs larger amount of glucose and that means larger amount of calories.
To have good condition our body needs regular exercises. And that is also truth for our brain. To keep it mentaly fit you have to constanty put some effort in it.
TASK: Decribe you favourite exercise (mental or manual) and say why do you like it.
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