Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones

Re:Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones by flukus on Thursday July 13, 2017 @03:43AM (#14759464)

I've always wondered if it's a viable wight loss technique. There must be a certain amount of energy that goes into blood production. And losing wight by sitting still for a while is the holy grail.

Market it right and the billionaires might even be able to charge us to give them blood.

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Re:Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones by ddeck on Thursday July 13, 2017 @04:32AM (#14759661)

There's a 650 calorie/pint figure cited on many, many sites, but I can't find the original source for it.

Some sites claim it comes from the Mayo Clinic, others list the source as the University of California San Diego, and so on

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Re:Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones by maxerickson on Thursday July 13, 2017 @09:51AM (#14761177)

Someone quoted a calorie figure. It isn't large enough for it to be a viable technique, the body takes some time to restore the lost cells so there needs to be a decent period between blood lettings.

Even if the figure were low by 10x it would be a pretty bad way to lose weight.

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Re:Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones by option_greek on Thursday July 13, 2017 @04:49AM (#14759750)

I wonder if we also age faster while doing this. Assuming cells go dormant after dividing a number of times, won't this repeated regeneration have a deliterious effect on them.

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Re:Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones by Eerie on Thursday July 13, 2017 @05:00AM (#14759789)

>wight loss technique

wight

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Re:Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones by flukus on Thursday July 13, 2017 @06:27AM (#14760130)

Don't assume English is everyone's first language. It happens to be mine, but don't assume everyone is sober either!

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Re:Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones by Eerie on Thursday July 13, 2017 @08:36AM (#14760727)

I just thought it was funnily relevant. You know, drink enough blood and you just might turn into wight...

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Re:Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones by throwaway049 on Thursday July 13, 2017 @08:27AM (#14760676)

Speaking of sobriety, another benefit for donors is the option to get very drunk very cheaply immediately after donating. Disclaimer: I am not a doctor and this is not medical advice.

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Re:Blood from young animals can revitalise old ones by taneq on Saturday July 15, 2017 @02:47AM (#14775347)

Do you see any undead around that poster? No? So it seems to be working, hmm?

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