...has to be broken down into its components.Nowhere is SCIENTIFIC ILLITERACY more rampant and potentially dangerous than in the area of nutrition. Food faddism, nutritional misinformation, and metabolic charlatanism all have been given new life through the Internet.
Our bodies have evolved to perform maximally based on the consumption of an array of simple and common compounds--simple carbohydrates, fatty acids, amino acids, a few minerals and co-enzymes (called "vitamins"), and oxygen.
In the end, all of these substances contribute to the incredible efficiency of the citric acid cycle (pictured) that generates ATP, the energy molecule, composed also of a simple nucleic acid and a common mineral (phosphorus). Malnourishment can occur in the face of obesity, and starvation in the face of fad dieting. Food is not magical, it is practical.
Don't eat baloney--go for the basics!
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