Thread by @AdiG1993

1) Why is biochemistry so commonly disliked by medical students?

Because they are made to memorize metabolic pathways without rhyme or reason.

2) They spend hours memorizing the structures of amino acids and the Krebs cycle.

Its a classic case of missing the forest for the trees.

They never learn integrated metabolism as a whole and with proper clinical correlation.

3) I started MBBS in 2012 and I have checked out several biochem texts over the years.

Harper is the worst --> for 1st year.

The Indian textbooks don't do much better either.

4) There is only one book I promote when it comes to biochemistry.

Lippincott.

It has several chapters dedicated to this integration of metabolism --> I have returned to this book again and again --> as recently as last month.

5) This is my copy from 2012.

I used it last month to review the feed/fast cycle and hypoglycemia.

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Classic biochem question that I got right in a NEET PG mock test because I studied Lippincott --> wrinkled tissue paper appearance in Gaucher disease :D

https://twitter.com/BrownHospMed/status/1596873901178761218?s=20&t=nhNHe6LqLTiKrQyeHfWqSQ

If you think that biochemistry is meaningless and has no place in clinical medicine, you need to learn about Dr. Holmes Morton.

He is an American physician specializing in genetic disorders of Old Order Amish and Mennonite children.

Here is an article describing his life and work.

dnascience.plos.org/2013/12/12/an-…

Here is a piece the New York Times Magazine did on him in 2005.

nytimes.com/2005/11/06/mag…

Looks like biochemistry is very important after all!

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