Online biology courseware

When I grew up course books were physical things that you either had on your bookshelf or found at the library but these days you get to have these amazing resources right there in your browser.

Courseware

Fit2Thrive can get very technical so to help you understand the biology here are some references to online biology courseware for reference. They are free to use and designed for beginner to intermediate level biology.

• openstax biology 2e
  • Metabolism
    • active transport
    • bulk transport
    • ATP
  • Cellular respiration
    • Glycolysis
    • Oxidation of pyruvate and the citric acid cycle
• Concepts of biology
• Press books
  • Boundless Anatomy and Physiology
    • 32 Bone Formation
  • Human Biology
    • 36 4.10 Cellular Respiration
• US National library of medicine
  • Bone Health and Osteoporosis
• Infotech
  • Osteogenesis and Bone Regeneration
• US NIH National Cancer institute: SEER training modules
  • Bone Development & Growth
  • Anatomy & Physiology
• lIBRETEXTS

Journals

Journals have long been the place to find cutting-edge research. Most are now online and many have free-to-access articles. Here I list those that can be useful to support Fit2thrive

• Nature
  • collections
    • Cell & Molecular Biology Top 100 of 2023

Podcasts

There are many useful podcasts that help you understand how a human works. This is a list I find useful.

• This week in science
  • EP998 What Will TWISmas Bring? Great episode from twis covering so much biology. Giving a fascinating and broad coverage of the complexity of biology.
    • Episode description: Mirror Life Questions, Cats, Moon Rocks Redux, Frosty Weather Neanderthals, Carnivorous Squirrels, Giraffes, Sleepless Science, Eating Your Age, Thought vs Sensation, Cafe Calm, And Much More Science
    • Midway through has a nice snippet on diet and dementia risk along with the challenges of picking healthy diets. 
    • They notice that food is the next big health problem. The western ultra processed ood is the next big health problem.   They notice that food  will always be a problem because you need it to survive. You don’t need alcohol or smoking to survive for example but food is essential. Our way of dealing with addictions and our approach to food health needs to change.