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Yes, if you want to keep the body from deteriorating a brain dead person still needs nutrition.
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How do you recover the strokes?
Strokes cause parts of the brain to die due to lack of oxygen through the blood vessels. To recover, treat or reverse this, you would need to stimulate the dead brain cells in some way. One key solution is through nutrition: turmeric, a spice, has been shown to stimulate brain stem cells, for example.
Why do they need Michael Jackson's brain for an autopsy?
to see what happened to him and if he was brain dead or damaged and if they can determine exact cause of death
What are the nutritional needs for the ear?
Your ears do not need any special nutrition. Your head, neck, face and brain is richly supplied with blood.
Is Jackie pullinger dead?
No She Isn't Dead Yet, She Is Still Helping Those In Need :)
What happens with the brain stem when there is no brain function?
If a person has no brain activity in their brain, then that person may be considered brain dead. Brain dead is a legal indicator of death in some states. without brain activity, a person most likely will be unable to keep their body functioning without some form of life support, their major organs would start to fail. There has been cases of a babies born with just a brain stem. They need to take medications to survive, such as seizure meds. Nicolas Coke I believe lived to be 2 years old but I am unsure if he is still alive.
Can poor nutrition cause trouble from learning?
yes, because you need food for energy and if you haven't got any energy your brain can't concentrate as well.
Does water require nutrition?
Only living things need nutrition, and water isn't alive, so it doesn't need nutrition.
Could you still live without a brain?
No it's your main organ and you need it to survive...
Why can't vampires drink dead blood?
If you think about it, blood is an organism just like humans. So in other words blood is alive. So if the blood is dead then it lacks the nutrition vampires need to survive.
Why do athletes need nutrition in the body?
the athletes need nutrition in the body to make them perform faster or greater because the nutrition gives them more energy.
What nutrition do cockroaches need?
they need chad's
Where do venus fly trap obtain there nutrition?
well they get there nutrition from the flys they eat but they still need to be pllonated so they sprout flowers in the summer high above there trap so they dont eat the bees that pollonate them ;-)
