[Pearls Before Swine]

For pete’s sake. These people are sick. If you want the benefits of youthful blood, I should think you would want to transfuse it, not drink it.

I was thinking that when the kids ask me and the wife what we'd like for Christmas, we should respond, "Whole young blood transfusion, maybe yours."

Reportedly, how much blood has to be replaced to get the rejuvenating benfits? A pint? The whole thing?

Is plasma replacement sufficient, or do you need whole blood?

And, how long do the effects last?

[RinaseaofDs]

Sorry, but that this is now a topic of conversation means we’ve stooped to medieval levels as a culture.

Anybody who wants this sort of thing should be shot. Guilty of terminal narcissism.

[smileyface]

Many reports in peer-reviewed literature show/suggest untoward effects of blood transfusion, beyond the transmission of blood-borne pathogens. Blood transfusion is an organ transplant every time. The transfusion effects your immune system, long lasting chimera (DNA-containing) cells have been observed in recipients (from donors), platelets can be activated, on and on.

Perhaps some of the benefits are psychosomatic. The placebo effect is real.

[ichabod1]

A pint is supposed to be enough to put the pep back in your step for a while - and that’s just from a willing 18-20 year old young adult donor. I can only imagine that the younger the donor the more stem cells the blood would contain.