65. The Chemistry of Life

This podcast is Chapter 4 of my book Biology for Health Sciences. Life is based on chemistry and it helps to know a little to help us in our everyday lives, like why some fats are good while others are bad or why glucose and fructose are both real sugar. In this chapter, I cover metabolism, the four macromolecules (carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids) and other vitamins and organic molecules

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 6:55 1 - Introduction to Metabolism
• 11:20 2 - Carbohydrates: More Than Just a Source of Energy
• 36:25 3 - The Many Roles of Lipids
• 1:03:25 4 - Proteins, the Work-horses of Life
• 1:16:19 5 - Nucleic Acids
• 1:30:19 6 - Vitamins, Pigments, and Other Organic Molecules