{"id":2309,"date":"2025-03-25T11:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/running-marathons-kills-brain-cells\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:15:44","slug":"running-marathons-kills-brain-cells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/running-marathons-kills-brain-cells\/","title":{"rendered":"Running marathons kills brain cells"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-03-25 11:15:43<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Marathon running destroys the brain.<BR><br \/>\nA study has revealed that runners&#8217; bodies digest fat when there are no carbohydrates from food available and experts believe that it is harvested from areas of the brain, potentially affecting the organ&#8217;s functions.<BR><br \/>\nPost-marathon MRI scans on eight men and two women showed a reduction in myelin, a fatty covering that protects nerves and speeds up electrical signals.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Carlos Matute, of the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, said an &#8220;extensive&#8221; change was spotted in areas linked to co-ordination, senses and emotions, although follow-up scans showed a return to normal levels two months later.<BR><br \/>\nThe boffin is convinced that myelin helps fuel the brain when energy stocks are running low.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Matute said: &#8220;Our findings show that running a marathon reduces runners&#8217; myelin water levels in white matter areas.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;This may open up a new view of myelin as an energy store ready to use when common brain nutrients are in short supply.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nHe added: &#8220;It would be important to evaluate whether these changes affect brain functions.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-03-25 11:15:43 Marathon running destroys the brain. A study has revealed that runners&#8217; bodies digest fat when there are no carbohydrates from food available and experts believe that it is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2311,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309\/revisions\/2311"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}