An Introduction To Metabolic Medicine

Metabolism is the never-ending biochemical process in which life carries out its functions. At first glance, one would think that this ought to be the only kind of medicine being practiced. However, mainstream medicine uses man made synthetic drugs to try and alter the natural process of metabolism and induce an artificial condition
in which undesirable symptoms arent allowed to be expressed. This is known as medicine.

Metabolic medicine, in its most liberal definition, overlaps, includes, and is compromised by several other disciplines. Nutritional medicine, homeopathy, anti-aging, enzyme potentiated desensitization, chiropractic, orthomolecular medicine, environmental medicine, holistic,
and preventative medicine all come to mind. The job description of a physician practicing metabolic medicine is to identify the areas of breakdown of the normal metabolic process and restore them to full functioning through supplying the missing nutrient or hormone. This can also be done by encouraging the release of personal stress, realigning the body, readjusting the immune system,
and working to prevent future recurrence of the problem. This procedure takes time and careful analysis.

Metabolism is the process your body uses to make or get energy from the food you eat. Food is composed of fats, carbohydrates, and proteins. Compounds in your system break the food down into parts that fuel the body. These parts are acids and sugars. This fuel can be used by your body straight away, or it may store the energy for muscles, the liver and body fat.
When this process is disrupted by chemical reactions inside your body, a disorder occurs. When this happens, you may have too little of a certain compound or too much of another that you need to remain healthy.

A metabolic disorder can occur when an organ, such as your liver or pancreas, become diseased or don’t function normally. Diabetes is an example.

Metabolism: The term metabolism refers to all of the chemical reactions by which complex molecules taken in an organism are broken down to create energy and by which energy is used to build complex molecules up. All metabolic reactions fall into one of two general categories: anabolic and catabolic reactions, or the processes of breaking down
and building up. The best example of metabolism in life occurs in the process of taking in and digesting nutrients. Occasionally these processes become changed through an individual’s choice or through certain factors, and metabolic disorders follow.

Metabolic Diseases: Inborn errors of metabolism include a large class of genetic diseases involving disorders of metabolism. The majority are due to defects of single genes that facilitate the conversion of various substances (substrates) into other products. In the majority of the ailments, problems arise because of accumulation of substances which are toxic or interfere with normal function,
or to the effects of capacity to synthesize substances.

Metabolic Pathways:In biochemistry, a metabolic pathway is a series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell. In each pathway, chemical reactions modify a principal chemical. Enzymes accelerate catalyzed these reactions. Dietary minerals, other cofactors & vitamins are often needed by the enzyme to perform its task. Many pathways are elaborate. The metabolic system of that cell
is formed by various metabolic pathways within each cell. Pathways are needed by an organism to maintain its homeostasis.

Metabolism is a step by step modification of the initial molecule to shape it into another product. The result may be used in one of three ways.

Stored by the cell

Be used as a product

Initiate a different pathway, referred to as a flux generating step

A molecule called a substrate enters a pathway depending on the needs of the availability of the substrate and also the cell. An increase in the concentration of anabolic and catabolic end products would slow the metabolic rate for that specific pathway. There needs to be more time, energy and money spent on Metabolic medicine for the betterment of humanity.