7 kilos of hydrogen, 200 micrograms of gold: humans are made up of these elements

Our body is made up of 57 elements: some are present in large quantities, others only in trace amounts. But they also often fulfill vital functions

Our body is like a gigantic factory that is constantly absorbing, transporting, redistributing chemical compounds, cutting up the constant substances, combining them into new substances, breaking down and excreting countless molecules. These highly complex machines consist of around a quadrillion atoms. That’s a one with 27 zeros!