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Bloodletting is a solution. Donate blood as frequently as they allow you. Plasma donation works even better (higher frequency) if you trust the machines and the
by coppsilgold 1y ago
Bloodletting is a solution. Donate blood as frequently as they allow you. Plasma donation works even better (higher frequency) if you trust the machines and the process.
Sadly, it's not a complete solution as some harmful substances bio-accumulate in other tissues. A benefit may be had regardless as some substances leach back into the blood if the concentration gradient is sufficient.
- 4gotunameagain 1y agoSource?
- M95D 1y ago2 millennia of bloodletting medical practice. /s
- coppsilgold 1y agoAside from the fact that dilution of blood is obviously dilution of any and all substances in the blood? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35394514/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35394514/
- kgabis 1y ago<vampire typing comment above meme />
- missingdays 1y agoWhat makes you think it's a solution? If the logic is "get rid of your bad blood, let your body make some good blood instead", why would the body make the good blood if all we consume is full of plastic anyways?
- coppsilgold 1y agoEven by that logic you should still dilute your blood, because if you don't you will accumulate plastic faster... You will see a benefit for any and all harmful substances for which blood tests exist. Because the blood test implies blood levels being a proxy for the substance so it either accumulates there or leaches into it.
- pjc50 1y agoThe solution to bioaccumulation is to give it to someone else?
- IAmBroom 1y agoBlood is less than 10% of your weight. Donating 100% every month (!) would only reduce your exposure by the same, a trivial amount in dosage variation.