Comment on How many calories does a standard whole blood donation burn?
Ejh3k@midwest.social 10 months ago
I’ve always been under the belief it’s a day’s worth of calories.
Comment on How many calories does a standard whole blood donation burn?
Ejh3k@midwest.social 10 months ago
I’ve always been under the belief it’s a day’s worth of calories.
DrMango@lemmy.world 10 months 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
Ejh3k@midwest.social 10 months ago
Then wouldn’t it make sense to not put an actual figure down for how much donating is actually freeing up?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 months 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!