Well, the naysayers are posting already. But I am heartened by this news.
Years ago, my doctor told me to cut out blood donations because my iron level was too low!
Your takeaway could be to step up to the bar and give blood regularly in order to reduce your iron level. However, the finding results report that the increased lifespan could be due to how the body metabolized iron and not general iron levels. So “bleeding out slowly” by blood donations might not do you any good.
Do a ferritin test. If you have a cold or an infection, ferritin increases. But if ferritin is not increased by something like that, you can deduce your iron stores. Ferritin less than 70 ng/ml is iron deficiency. One blood donation reduces ferritin between 20 and 30.
Bleeding may actually be a cure-all?
Medieval doctors are vindicated!
My mother-in-law, 78, has to give blood almost every week because her iron levels and BP are too high............