Comment on How many calories does a standard whole blood donation burn?

Ejh3k@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• DrMango@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Considering a day’s worth of calories varies by person and that the general recommendation is 2,000 calories per day for an average, active adult I would question this idea

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  • Ejh3k@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Then wouldn’t it make sense to not put an actual figure down for how much donating is actually freeing up?

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    We have 10-ish units of blood in our body. When we donate we give one unit. A unit is around 500ml. Someone else on the thread says 650 cal per donation. That means each ml of blood takes 1.3 calories to make. Work harder you lazy bastards! I didn’t make you out of butter to pump like this!

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