Often, the partner of an emotionally unavailable person has complicated emotional problems of his or her own; low self-esteem or childhood trauma that led them to believe they do not deserve good things in life. Laura Peterson, a clinical psychologist and relationship expert, counsels couples with intimacy issues.
Is the brain made of fat? A: The brain is the fattiest organ in the human body and is composed of roughly 60 percent fat. It is considered the center of the vertebral nervous system and is located in the head of all vertebrates.
Physical Facts About the Brain. The adult human brain weights about 3 pounds and the cerebrum accounts for about 85% of the brain. The brain is composed of 40% gray and 60% white matter. The gray matter is made up of about 100 billion neurons that gather and transmit signals while the white matter is made of dendrites and axons that the neurons use to transmit signals. The brain is composted of about 75% water and is the fattiest organ in the body, consisting of a minimum of 60% fat. Humans have the largest brain to body ratio of any animal, and the blood vessels in the brain, if stretched end-to-end, would be about 100,000 miles long.