200 billion red blood cells are produced every day, requiring more than 2 × 10^15 iron atoms every second http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867416317500 …
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Replying to @Mangan150
If blood is in dire need, the body ramps up blood production 8-fold, implying production of 1.6 trillion RBCs daily.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC535709/ …
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Replying to @i_contemplate_
It takes a lot of iron to crank out that much blood.
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Replying to @i_contemplate_
The only time surplus iron helps is if you've nearly bled to death. I guess you could keep a bunch around just in case.
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Replying to @Mangan150
okay makes sense. wife has mild thalessemia, and she's a woman so obviously she wouldn't need to do the same.
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