What
is Metabolism
Break
it Down
by Tyler Brooker
Most
folks know a small amount about metabolism. Some
know all about it, some know only that it happens
in our bodies, and others have only heard the word.
For those of you out there who are interested in
learning a bit more, here it is! Metabolism works
in our bodies to synthesize and break down food,
or "purines".
Before we go any further on metabolism, we should
learn what Purines are. They come from the food
that we ingest. Who thought food could have such
a fancy name? Purines, by definition are "A
double-ringed, crystalline organic base, C5H4N4,
not known to occur naturally, from which is derived
the nitrogen bases adenine and guanine, as well
as uric acid as a metabolic end product."
Now,
back to metabolism. Metabolism occurs in living
organisms, to sustain life, and/or to synthesize.
In humans, it does both. We require such things
as nutrients to sustain our being, and metabolism
takes these vitamins out of purines. without a metabolism,
we would eat and fill up once, never have a bowel
movement, and slowly decay from vitamin deficiency.
And
there you have it! For you out there who you they
know it all, I threw in some big words, and for
you out there who don't know the first thing about
metabolism, there you go! You can aquire more information
on metabolism or purines from books, internet sources,
or you doctor.
Tyler
Brooker is the owner and operator of Nicotinamide
Adenine Dinucleotide - http://www.nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide.com,
which is the best site on the internet for all Adenine
related information.
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