stuff responsible for the energy in our cells is a chemical called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, which may be the most important thing in your body you have never heard of. Every molecule of ATP is like a tiny battery in that it stores up energy and then releases it to power all the activities required by your cells—and indeed by all cells, in plants as well as animals. The chemistry involved is magnificently complex. Here is one sentence from a chemistry textbook explaining a little of what it does: “Being polyanionic