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How Your Body Turns Food Into Energy

How Your Body Turns Food Into Energy

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 This episode explains how the body converts food, like potatoes, into usable energy via cellular respiration. It covers the three main steps: glycolysis, the Krebs cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation, detailing how glucose is broken down to produce ATP, the cell's energy currency. It also describes the roles of key molecules and enzymes, and highlights the byproducts of respiration, such as CO2, water, and heat, showing how our cells efficiently generate energy.

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