Blood Donations

Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/12/29, 02:39 PM I just received a phone call from Hema Quebec (Red Cross) asking for my blood type. I generally train on Monday's, and they want the blood for Monday or Tuesday. Will it have any effect on my training, or recovery? ---------------------------- The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you are not in shape for it, it is too far to walk back! Franklin P. Jones Ivan Montreal Canada

rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2002/12/30, 01:46 AM definitely. anytime i donate, i usually take that week off from training. think about it: blood is used to feed and heal the muscle, as well as remove waste from it. when you donate blood, your body is already freaking out because a substantial amount of it's life juice has been sucked out, and it is trying to replace it. the last thing your body needs is the additional stress of training, and all you'll do is end up hurting your progress. -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/12/30, 11:59 AM Thanks Rev. Good time to take a break anyway. I have a rare blood type and they called for me yesterday. Happy New Year -------------- The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you are not in shape for it, it is too far to walk back! Franklin P. Jones Ivan Montreal Canada
effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2002/12/31, 02:11 AM Just while we're at it, how long after body piercing can you donate. I know there's a time frame, but I don't know the length. Something about risks related to AIDS and hepatitis. -------------- Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
mandre Posts: 212 Joined: 2002/04/23	2002/12/31, 10:23 AM 1 year, same with tatoos. :) Melissa ============ Quoting from effalunt: Just while we're at it, how long after body piercing can you donate. I know there's a time frame, but I don't know the length. Something about risks related to AIDS and hepatitis. ============= -------------- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. - -- Aristotle
INTRUDER Posts: 642 Joined: 2002/06/27	2002/12/31, 11:09 AM It will effect your performance as an athlete a little bit; but hey - its a good deed. -------------- "Get everthing you want--just make a little change now"