What Is Cellular Energy & Why It’s Important

Just like a car needs fuel to run, your body needs energy to function–and that energy comes from your cells. This cellular energy powers everything you do, from moving and thinking to breathing and simply being. With trillions of cells in your body, nearly all of them are busy producing energy every second. Read on to learn how cellular energy works and how vitamins can help support it.

How does cellular energy work?

Inside your cells are mitochondria, which you may remember from high school as the powerhouse of the cell! These powerhouses make a special molecule called ATP, or adenosine triphosphate. ATP is your body’s go-to energy source. Your body’s cells, from muscle cells to nerve cells to brain cells, use ATP to do their work. Your cells need energy, and they know how to make it. Pretty amazing, right?

But how do your cells make ATP? Through the food you eat! Your body breaks down carbohydrates, fats, and proteins and converts them to ATP with the help of key vitamins that make the process run smoothly.

Is cellular energy the same as metabolism?

Cellular energy and energy metabolism are closely related but aren’t quite the same:

• Energy metabolism refers to how your body breaks down the food you eat and converts it into energy.
• Cellular energy is the result. It’s the energy your cells use to power everything you do.

Because they are so connected, some people use the terms interchangeably.

Which activities consume cellular energy?

Everything your body does, including walking, running, talking, laughing, breathing, and even sleeping, requires energy. In fact, most of the energy your body needs each day goes towards what’s happening behind the scenes: your heart beating, lungs breathing, and cells carrying out millions of tiny tasks that keep you alive.

What helps convert food into cellular energy?

If ATP is like your car’s fuel, then B vitamins would be the oil that helps the engine run smoothly. B-vitamins support energy metabolism by helping your body convert carbohydrates, protein, and fat into ATP.*

So while B vitamins don’t provide energy directly, they help your body unlock it from the food you eat, making sure the whole cellular energy process runs efficiently.*

Vitamins for energy metabolism?

vitafusion offers several B vitamin gummy supplements in bold flavors that make supporting energy metabolism the tastiest part of your day:*

• vitafusion B complex gummy vitamin has five B vitamins that support cellular energy production,* plus vitamin C, all in a delicious strawberry-flavored gummy.
• vitafusion B12 gummy vitamin supports energy metabolism* with 1000 mcg of vitamin B12 in every tasty raspberry flavored 2-gummy serving.

It’s not complicated, it’s (B) complex!

Cellular energy might sound high-tech, but your body already knows how to handle it. Your job? Just give it the food and nutrients it needs. Eating a balanced diet and getting enough B vitamins helps your body’s engines run. And with vitafusion B-vitamin gummies, it’s easy to stay on track. No stress, just bold taste and nutrition support.*

Even if you can’t see it, your cells are hard at work every second, every day. Here’s to powering every part of you, from the inside out.

Brought to you by the vitafusion™ nutrition experts.