The Chemistry of Being Human

You are literally just a walking chemistry experiment powered by sugar and electricity. It starts with electrolytes

because dissolving salt in water is the only reason your nerves can actually fire signals.

That is why you need to stay hydrated or your internal battery literally dies.

Everything you eat is just raw material. Your body takes glucose and burns it in the mitochondria

to make ATP, which is basically pure energy currency. Then you have lipids forming a waterproof

skin around every single cell so you do not just melt away. And the boss is

DNA locked in the nucleus, sending out secret messages to build proteins.

You are basically a self-replicating machine that runs on snacks.