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Very interesting idea. It’s been ages since I took chemistry but I’m not sure what to break down. Glucose is C6H12O6. If we imagined nanobots that could break t
by inlined 7y ago
Very interesting idea. It’s been ages since I took chemistry but I’m not sure what to break down. Glucose is C6H12O6. If we imagined nanobots that could break this down in any way (disregarding latent energy) the most obvious compounds are 6 water + benzene (which causes anemia) or 6 hydrogen and carbon monoxide molecules (which causes hypoxia).
We could follow traditional glycolysis but without a recapture method, would cells create excess ATP? What would that affect? Would it change the production of insulin and it’s affects on storing tryglicerides? I barely have enough knowledge here to ask questions let alone have answers.
- marcosdumay 7y agoThe most obvious option would be turning it into lactic acid right in the end of the kidneys. Any option you choose, people doing that would better drink a lot of water. Anyway, I'm not sure breaking glucose is that useful. Won't it just make people hungry?
- inlined 7y agoThe dream is a food prophylactic. Eat ice cream and decide that this particular meal won’t add calories.
- marcosdumay 7y agoYes, that would be great. But you'll have to deal with much more than glucose to get that.