Diabetes and Cholesterol Metabolism

Metabolism and Metabolic Disorders

Metabolism is the set of physical and chemical processes that takes place in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Metabolism aids in the conversion of food to energy and run cellular processes; to build proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and some carbohydrates; and the elimination of metabolic wastes. When the metabolism process fails to function properly it leads to metabolic disorders. The body needs amino acids and proteins to perform all functions. Metabolic disorders can occur due to abnormal chemical reactions that help metabolic process, nutrition deficiency, loss of an enzyme that is essential for metabolic process, or due to disease in liver, pancreas, and endocrine glands. Few classes of metabolic disorders are: