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Metabolism is the breakdown of food into simpler components: proteins are broken down into amino acids, carbohydrates into simple sugars (up to glucose and fructose), and fats into simple lipid molecules. Metabolic disorders occur when these normal processes of breakdown and assimilation of food components are disrupted for some reason.

Metabolic disorders can be inherited, in which case they are usually regarded as congenital metabolic disorders. Problems can appear immediately after birth or as the body grows and develops.

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