Metabolic System (IMAGE)

Salk Institute

Metabolic System

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The metabolic system functions like a hybrid car. In the daytime we use glucose as high octane fuel, but at night we switch to the battery, which in this case is stored fat.

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Image: Courtesy of Dr. Marc Montminy and Jamie Simon, Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

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