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Metabolism is the term for the biochemical process of breaking down the molecular bonds in the fats and sugars for the energy needed to assemble the molecule ATP.
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energy for the long term; it uses glucose/glycogen in the short term. When short-term stores are depleted, the body turns to its long-term stores without problem. Hepatic gluconeogenesis provides the small amount of glucose necessary.
One of the by-products of glucose metabolism is the creation of compounds called reactive oxygen species, or free radicals.