![]() ![]() In other words, he discovered that plants produce oxygen. Expecting the plant to die he was surprised to find that the stagnant air inside the jar would “ neither extinguish a candle, nor was it all inconvenient to a mouse which I put into it“. In 1780, an English chemist called Joseph Priestley discovered that plants could “ restore air which has been injured by the burning of candles.” We know that a flame requires oxygen but in this early experiment, he used a mint plant, and placed it into an upturned glass jar in a vessel of water for several days. ![]() When it comes to buying liquid chlorophyll it isn’t the same as found naturally in plants, it is actually a synthetic form called chlorophyllin a mixture of water-soluble sodium copper salts derived from chlorophyll, supposedly making it more absorbable in the body. Firstly, what is Chlorophyll?Ĭhlorophyll is a photoreceptor in plant cells that gives plants its intense green colour by trapping sunlight and turning it into energy for plant growth through the process of photosynthesis (remember that from chemistry days?).Ĭhlorophyll is very similar in structure to the haeme group found in the protein molecule haemoglobin which carries oxygen in human red blood cells except that in haeme the central atom is iron, whereas in chlorophyll it is magnesium. She is super healthy (I am glad some of it got through!), she prepares amazing, healthy food, she exercises regularly and is a constant source of inspiration to me, so when Ruby wanted to try liquid Chlorophyll, I did some research. ![]() My daughter is pretty savvy when it come’s to taking care of herself. Although, it appears its not that new after all and if it gets the youngsters drinking more water over their iced coffee then that can’t be all bad can it? but, what is it all about?Įven, my daughter has got me interested, hence this blog. At time of print the hashtag #Chlorophyll is trending and has had a whopping 148 million views as people film themselves trying out the latest health trend. ![]()
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