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What is a cell made of?

Two-thirds of a cell is water, which means that two-thirds of your whole body is water. The rest is a mixture of molecules, mainly proteins, lipids and carbohydrates. Your cells turn the raw materials in the food you eat into the molecules your body needs, using thousands of different chemical reactions.

The food you eat provides the raw materials your body needs.
The food you eat provides the raw materials your body needs.
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