14 DAY TRIAL // Our bodies are basically one seriously complex melting pot of chemical compounds which serve to support the biological processes that keep us alive.
If you happen to be in the mood to learn which of the molecules in our bodies are the most important of the bunch, just sit back, relax and enjoy the video below.
As it turns out, one of the most important molecules that we simply could not do without goes by the name deoxyribonucleic acid, often shortened to DNA.
This molecule tells cells what proteins to make, as well as how and when to make them. Thus, DNA packs the genetic instructions that support the development and functioning of all living organisms.
Messenger RNA is one other molecule we desperately need to be, well, us. This molecule helps read DNA. It collects protein formation recipes from DNA and delivers them to the protein assembly lines.
Amino acids, on the other hand, are the ingredients from which all the proteins inside us are made. Interestingly enough, just 20 different amino acids serve to make hundreds of thousands of distinct proteins.
Of the amino acids we use to make proteins, some are naturally occurring in the body and others come from food. To get these amino acids from food, we rely on an enzyme dubbed pepsin that digests proteins in food.
Making proteins from amino acids requires energy. We humans rely on oxygen to get the energy we need to sustain this process. Without one very important molecule named hemoglobin, no oxygen would ever reach our cells.
Lastly, we have adenosine triphosphate, sometimes referred to simply as ATP, which is basically the fuel that our bodies need to keep up and running.
That's right, the human body is one freakishly complex machinery. It's kept alive by all sorts of processes and chemicals, and toying with just one of them can seriously mess up our health.
