Re:Regular blood donations can reduce “forever chemicals” in...
by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Friday April 22, 2022 @05:51PM
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Our recent cavemen ancestors probably got injured and bled a bit much more often than we do.
It's not hard to imagine the human body optimizing for those conditions, which would make permanently holding onto all your blood suboptimal.
Re:Regular blood donations can reduce “forever chemicals” in...
by dontcare007 on Friday April 22, 2022 @07:42PM
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Yes, women do have an advantage. Hemachromatosis occurs in men much more frequently. Of course, they suffer from iron deficiency much more often...
Which makes me wonder if women have a specific advantage on this matter. I do remember reading that regular blood donations show health benefits, and that women get them "for free", so to speak. This may be part of the reason.