A tooth infection is a common term that is used to describe an infection between the gums and a tooth or at the root of a tooth. It is often caused by bacteria entering the tooth through a chip, dental cavity, or crack and will spread all the ways down to the tip of the root.
By comparison, the average person needs to eat the equivalent of about 600 burritos each year to maintain their weight. This means that, every day, transportation and residential energy needs are 50 times as energy demanding as your bodyâs energy needs (also known as your metabolism).
Appraising the brain's energy budget. In the average adult human, the brain represents about 2% of the body weight. Remarkably, despite its relatively small size, the brain accounts for about 20% of the oxygen and, hence, calories consumed by the body (1). This high rate of metabolism is remarkably constant despite widely varying mental and motoric activity (2).