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Metabolism

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Overview

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Explore a comprehensive 2.5-hour tutorial on metabolism, regulation, and metabolic disorders. Delve into carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism, cholesterol pathways, and lipoproteins. Examine the impacts of different fats, familial hypercholesterolemia, and brain hunger/satiety mechanisms. Investigate intermittent fasting, gluten-related disorders, and metabolic syndrome. Study diabetes mellitus types, complications, and related conditions like gestational diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis. Learn about kidney functions, water-sodium balance, and acid-base equilibrium. Discover the endocrine system, focusing on thyroid and pituitary gland functions. Understand digestive system basics, calcium and potassium imbalances, dumping syndrome, bile pathways, Cushing syndrome, and gout. Gain insights through animated explanations of complex metabolic processes and disorders.

Syllabus

Carbohydrate Structure and Metabolism, an Overview, Animation.
Lipid (Fat) Metabolism Overview, Animation
Protein Metabolism Overview, Animation
Cholesterol Metabolism, LDL, HDL and other Lipoproteins, Animation
Unsaturated vs Saturated vs Trans Fats, Animation
High Cholesterol and Familial Hypercholesterolemia, Animation
The Brain's Hunger/Satiety Pathways and Obesity, Animation
Intermittent Fasting - How it Works? Animation
Gluten and Gluten-Related Disorders, Animation
Metabolic Syndrome, Animation
Diabetes mellitus - Symptoms, Complication, Pathology of Type 1 and Type 2, Animation
How Unhealthy Lifestyle Can Cause Prediabetes and Diabetes, Animation
Gestational Diabetes, Animation
Diabetes Type 1 and Type 2, Animation.
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) Pathophysiology, Animation
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State, Diabetic HHS vs DKA, Animation
Kidney Homeostatic Functions, Animation
Water and Sodium Balance, Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia, Animation
Acid Base Balance, Animation.
Acidosis, Respiratory and Metabolic, Animation
Alkalosis, Respiratory and Metabolic, Animation
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Test, Animation
The Endocrine System, Overview, Animation
Thyroid Gland, Hormones and Thyroid Problems, Animation
Hypothalamus and Pituitary Gland Functions, Animation
Physiology Basics: the Digestive System, Animation
Hypocalcemia (Low Calcium) Pathology, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment, Animation
Hypercalcemia - Too Much Calcium, Animation
Hypokalemia: Causes, Symptoms, Effects on the Heart, Pathophysiology, Animation.
Hyperkalemia: Causes, Effects on the Heart, Pathophysiology, Treatment, Animation.
Dumping Syndrome, Animation
Bile Pathways and the Enterohepatic Circulation, Animation
Cushing Syndrome, Animation
Gout, Pathophysiology, Causes, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Diagnosis and Treatments, Animation.

Taught by

Alila Medical Media

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