Listen closely (or is that crohsry?), grasshopper (or is that glasshopper?). You are now entrusted with carrying on the most honorable tradition of the Myelin Sheath. Just kidding. Bet I had you goin’ there, for a second. Right? So solly. Because I’m actually talking about something that’s good for the brain, you fathead.
Yeah, that’s right. I called you fathead.
But calm down. It’s a compliment.
Because fat is good for the brain.
And it’s a key ingredient for your myelin sheath, an insulating layer that forms around your nerves. Especially those in your brain and spinal cord. It’s made up of protein and fatty substances. Your myelin sheath allows electrical impulses to transmit quickly and efficiently along the nerve cells.
You know what I think is mighty cool? Of course you don’t. Because you’re not a mind reader. So, I’m just gonna go ahead and tell you.
I think it’s mighty cool that what’s good for the brain also happens to taste delicious. And it also happens to occur, in abundance, all over the world. (Side note: I saw a funny meme of a cow eating grass with the words “Companies are bragging about making plants taste like meat. Cows have been doing that forever.”)
Anyway…
You might be one of my readers/listeners who already knows all this stuff. If so, I commend you. And I look forward to when we share some good conversation over some grass fed steaks. But if you’re one of my readers/listeners who leans toward plants and even (GASP!) plant-based “meat,” we need to have a whole ‘nother conversation.
I’ll leave you with this little rhyme I wrote for the kiddos about 10 years ago. Because it rhymes, and it’s…
Good For The Brain
Why should we care about the wheels on a train,
Or the wings on a plane,
Or the links in a chain?
What in the world would we ever have to gain?
That’s easy.
It’s good for the brain.
Why should we think about the cars in the lane,
Or the ankle we sprain,
Or the clouds and the rain?
Listen up now ’cause I’m trying to explain.
I told you.
It’s good for the brain.
Why should we look for the sugar in the cane,
Or the chicken chow mein,
Or the blood in the vein?
Why should we see what the data might contain?
It’s simple.
It’s good for the brain.
Why should we try to ease somebody’s pain,
Or clean up a stain,
Or sing a refrain?
What could we ever really hope to obtain?
Just do it.
It’s good for the brain.
© 2013
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