An individual remains healthy when all the metabolic activities are going on smoothly in his body. All of us require energy to carry on the voluntary and involuntary body functions. The energy requirements vary among different individuals.
The absorption of digested food is followed by assimilation. The assimilated food undergoes innumerable chemical changes before it can be utilized to meet the various needs of the body.
Protein metabolism refers to all enzymatically catalyzed chemical reacting taking place within an organism or its individual cells involved in growth reproduction, tissue repair and energy production. Metabolic reactions are either synthetic or anabolism or degradation called catabolism. The modes of protein metabolism are as follows.
Metabolism is a series of enzyme catalysed biochemical reaction in the living cells. It includes 3 phases namely anabolism, catabolism and amphibolism.