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METABOLISM is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations within the cells of living organisms. It means is the way you transform your food in energy and valuable products for your body, such as enzymes and hormones.

The metabolism of an organism determines which substances will find nutritious and which find toxic. For example, some prokaryotes use of hydrogen sulfide as a nutrient, but this gas is poisonous to the animals. The rate of metabolism, the metabolic rate, also influences how much food an organism will require.

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