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How wine can turn you into a werewolf (And the bad news is, we're not joking)
(Daily Mail 19/01/2009)
In my particular variety of porphyria, called porphyria cutanea tarda, one of the enzymes needed to make haemoglobin - the pigment that gives blood its colour - was running low in my liver. Another pigment was trying to be haemoglobin, but hadn't quite made it and was sloshing around in my system. That's why my urine was a strange colour - and why I had such a weird Hollywood tan.
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