Metabolism is the process your body uses to get or make energy from the food you eat. Food is made up of proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Chemicals in your digestive system break the food parts down into sugars and acids, your body's fuel. Your body can use this fuel right away, or it can store the energy in your body tissues, such as your liver, muscles and body fat. A metabolic disorder occurs when abnormal chemical reactions in your body disrupt this process. When this happens, you might have too much of some substances or too little of other ones that you need to stay healthy.
You can develop a metabolic disorder when some organs, such as your liver or pancreas, become diseased or do not function normally. Diabetes is an example.
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About Metabolic Disorders
Metabolic disorders refer to a broad array of medical problems caused by inherited genetic defects that interfere with the body's metabolism. Most metabolic genetic defects are passed from both parents to their biological child. While there are thousands of metabolic disorders, each caused by a different genetic defect.
Metabolism is the complex process in which the body turns food into energy. The body uses enzymes to break down digested food into simple substances that can be absorbed by body cells and used as energy. Other enzymes build essential substances within body cells which cannot be obtained from the diet or break down substances that are no longer needed.
The genetic defect may cause an enzyme to function abnormally or cause the body to produce too little or none of an enzyme. In some cases, the defect means certain substances are not broken down and can build to toxic levels. In other cases, the body is not able to provide a critical substance to body cells. Metabolic disorders are classified into types based on the components of the cell involved, biochemical pathways and which enzyme is affected.
Metabolic disorders