So if just went and donated blood again and durring the recovery period it occured to me that it takes quite a bit of work for your body to regenerate that lost blood volume and the actual blood cells. Regrowing that many cells seems like it would be fairly energetically intensive. So how many calories does producing all those new blood cells actually consume? Is there even a way to know that?
The number floating around the web is 650 calories but I haven’t been able to track down the actual source.
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh man, instead of my daily workout, I could just donate daily! After a few months, I’d be a blood making machine!
variants@possumpat.io 1 year ago
But once your body gets used to pumping out so much extra blood, if you skip donate day you will plump up and explode
carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nah man, I’ll look vascular and jacked!!
Klystron@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
If you’re however old you are now and still not a blood making machine, I’d say see a doctor.