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This                                                    so
professor                                              beautiful!!!

       is...                                                                 Chemistry isn't
                                                                             as difficult as
                                                                             you think, Kumi.

For example, when you                                       So chemical
 eat dinner and digest                                 reactions must be

   your food, that’s a                                  happening in our
   chemical reaction.                                     bodies all the
                                                             time, right?

                                  What?
                                 No way!

   That's                        Proteins               I was so busy
correct!                                        Water  worrying about
                                                        my weight as a
     Our bodies (and
    those of other                                            number...
    living creatures)
  are actually made                                                I wasn’t thinking
   up of many types                                                  about my body

       of chemicals.                                               from a chemical
                                                                      point of view.

Carbohydrates          Vitamins                   Fat
               Minerals          The fat and

                                 carbohydrates

                                 that we talked

They're all                      about earlier are
                                   also chemicals,
chemicals!
                                 right?
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