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Today, I made my 40th whole blood donation for the state of Washington. 40 pints works out to 5 gallons! !5 gallons blood If an average-sized male has 12 pints of blood in their body, that means...
Read more →Two weeks ago, I mentioned how eating less meat had reduced my iron levels to 36.0, which is the lowest I've ever had. In order to donate blood in Washington, a man needs a hematocrit level of 39.0....
Read more →I'm currently reading Beyond Training by Ben Greenfield and although I don't think I'm the target audience for the book (endurance athletes) or agree with a lot of what he writes, I did land on a gem...
Read more →The plan was to do my 4th Fasting Mimicking Diet from July 3 to July 8 and then donate blood on July 9th. Let me unpack that sentence. A Fasting Mimicking Diet is a 5-day very low protein diet...
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