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Hello fellow transformational crew! It has been quite some time! I have been getting worked pretty hard since our last discussion on fats. I started residency for Internal Medicine at the end of June and have been getting worked pretty hard. Since then I have finally settled in to being a doctor and have learned to balance my time enough to get back to what I love the most, discussing the prevention of lifestyle diseases!

Topic 5: Macronutrients - Lipids

Lipids

To everyone's delight, we are going to be finishing up the macronutrients this week with lipids. However, just to warn you, in my opinion, lipids are the most complicated to explain of the macronutrients. There are so many types, classifications, and functions. Most of these classifications really require a decent background in organic chemistry and biochemistry. For example, lipids are first classified into simple, complex lipids, precursor and derived lipids. Then further classification into saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated. We will try to keep this as practical as possible while still giving us some depth on the subject.

Topic 4: Macronutrients - Protein and Carbohydrates

Protein and Carbohydrates

In this article, we will continue our discussion with macronutrients, starting with protein and carbohydrates. Macronutrients are much larger molecules when compared to micronutrients, and they contain calories.  Above is an x-ray crystallography image (what a protein really looks like at the molecular level) of pyruvate carboxylase, a key regulatory enzyme in the gluconeogenesis pathway (the mechanism our body creates sugar/glucose in the absence of dietary sugar), pretty cool looking.

Proteins are complex molecules that perform multiple important roles. They are made up of long amino acid polymers or polypeptides (many amino acid molecules that are chained together) which constitute the basic structural unit of proteins.

Topic 3: Micronutrients - Vitamins and Minerals

Micronutrients

Ok, its time for topic # 3, and we can finally dive into the foundations of nutrition. In order for us to move forward we need to clarify some key terms and ideas. In this weeks article, we will cover micronutrients, what they are, why they are important, and practical applications of getting more in our body as naturally as possible.

Micronutrients are our vitamins, minerals, and phytochemicals (plant chemicals). These are nutrients necessary for normal human functioning but contain no calories or energy.