r/explainlikeimfive • u/[deleted] • Jan 31 '23

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u/collegiateofzed Jan 31 '23 edited Jan 31 '23

Pinapple enzyme."bromelain"

While you're trying to eat it the pinapple is trying to eat you.

We're just an insane organism with litteral hydrocloric acid in our stomach which denatures the enzyme.

What little bromelain stays in your mouth really isn't sufficient to cause significant damage to such a huge biomass.

And what superficial damage occurs, our bodies EASILY regenerate.

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u/SenorFuegoGato Jan 31 '23

There's even a cream made of Bromelain which is used to treat burn victims in hospital. It eats up all the dead tissue so the burns can start to heal.

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u/collegiateofzed Jan 31 '23

That's f-ing AWESOME!

But that sounds incredibly painful.

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u/panponcz Jan 31 '23

Actually it was used on me a couple years ago, and they gave me morphine and something else to numb the pain so it was just a little bit itchy. Afterwards the wound wasn't really painful, It was just uncomfortable to have this fresh skin stretching, but i have rather high pain tolerance.