I am continuing to read
about metabolism. At the cellular level,
I do not find it to be a page-turning subject.
That said, I am learning things.
As I have been reading
about the various chemical reactions involved in turning food energy into
energy the body can use, I am reminded about why we need to meet our
micronutrient requirements. (Micronutrients,
for those of us who are not currently reading our brains out in nutrition, are
vitamins and minerals and anything else the body needs for purposes other than
straight caloric content.) A whole bunch
of the enzymes that make our cells work are derived from vitamins. The reactions that fuel our bodies stop when
we run out.
(Enzymes, by nature, are
not used up while working. They catalyze
a reaction and then get out. However,
they can be broken down for spare parts if the body needs to use their
components for biosynthesis.)
At this busy time of
year, we all need all the energy we can get.
Fueling our bodies with a wide variety of foods, particularly our vegetable
and fruit friends, can help ensure that we have enough.
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