Cellular Respiration Research Paper

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The foods that you eat can affect the efficiency of cellular respiration. Cellular respiration needs the nutrients that you supply your body with through eating to occur. The first step of cellular respiration is glycolysis, then the Krebs cycle, and then the electron transport train, all of which require glucose in order to occur. So if a person eats a lot of sugar, then they will have a lot of glucose for the body to utilize and cellular respiration will be very efficient. However, if somebody is eating less sugars due to a diet or medical problem, then there will be less glucose for your body to use for cellular respiration and therefore, the three steps of cellular respiration will not be able to occur as much because of the lack of glucose,