Although any energy produced by the chlorophyll would be negligible,16 it turns out that light-activated chlorophyll in your body may help regenerate a critical molecule called coenzyme Q10.17 CoQ10, also known as ubiquinol, is an antioxidant. When ubiquinol extinguishes a free radical, it is oxidized to ubiquinone. To act as an effective antioxidant again, the body must regenerate ubiquinol from ubiquinone. Think of it like an electrical fuse: Ubiquinol can only be used once before having to be reset. That’s where sunlight and chlorophyll may come in.
