Talk:Healing/@comment-1216259-20120528065555/@comment-1216259-20120530023708

I'm not "forgetting" anything, I'm saying that "energy is needed for cellular respiration" is just as lame a handwave as "the body is 70% water." I could also add that oxygen is critical for cellular respiration. They are all pseudoscientific, because you can't magically control those variables with martial arts, so it is ridiculous to say that any of the elements is how it "should be."

Also, I highly, HIGHLY doubt that is true. Animals are not capable of photosynthesis, so how could they use the energy from sunlight for cellular regeneration? It is true that cellular activity is correlated with sunlight, but this likely has more to do with the circadian rhythm. Remember, correlation=/=causation.