Pyrrolic_Victory
Pyrrolic_Victory t1_ircfu87 wrote
Reply to comment by AMightyOak43 in What happens when a bruise heals? by DwagonFyre
Tetrapyrolles are the foundation of life on this planet and allow us to eat sunlight!
From Cyanobacteria (and later plants) who evolved in order to use them to create chlorophyll and capture photons and use that energy to turn CO2 into reduced carbon chains which form sugar/fat and O2, to mammalian cells (among others) who use them to create hemoglobin(from heme) which then carries the O2 to the mitochondria where we oxidise these reduced carbon chains back to CO2 and energy in the form of ATP.
The breakdown products of both heme and chlorophyll are anti inflammatory/anti oxidative in nature, and have roles to play in aging too.
Pyrrolic_Victory t1_ircdm3s wrote
Reply to comment by Alpacaofvengeance in What happens when a bruise heals? by DwagonFyre
This is a “good jaundice” and is actually benifical for the patient as bilirubin is a potent anti inflammatory
Pyrrolic_Victory t1_jcjoihd wrote
Reply to comment by No-Comparison8472 in LPT What is the greatest cause of weight gain? Excess sugar or salt? by SuccessfulManifests
That’s patently false