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OutOfHereyesterday at 5:07 PM5 repliesview on HN

The article misses the simplest technique:

Just donate blood as often as possible. This results in a loss of cholesterol, other bad lipoproteins, excess iron in those who have it, and PFAS toxins. It is frequency-dependently associated with longevity.

Whole blood donation avoids the plastic lining of plasma donations, with the latter undesirably transferring unwanted microplastics into the body.

For those with sufficient spare money, instead of donating blood, just get various blood tests every other week, additively comparable to a donation if the tests are substantial.

Granted, this is antithetical to being a vampire, but you will still have to make up for it by supplementing sufficient healthy nutrients, e.g. electrolytes, ferric pyrophosphate, protein, etc. to allow your body to quickly restore the lost blood.

As a disclaimer, do not ever donate blood if you use narcotics, disallowed drugs, injectable drugs, or have unsafe intimate practices, or might have chagas or TB or even long Covid.


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1970-01-01yesterday at 6:01 PM

>It is frequency-dependently associated with longevity.

Paper where more frequent cycles in women correlate to longer lifetimes? That would have to be true if this were true.

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drewg123yesterday at 5:53 PM

So maybe they were on to something with leeches?

koakuma-chanyesterday at 5:57 PM

Every time I do blood work I almost faint.

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kadushkayesterday at 5:18 PM

Is there any evidence?

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fyrabanksyesterday at 5:32 PM

does this imply that you're just giving shitty blood to people that need life saving procedures?

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