{"id":183356,"date":"2019-10-28T16:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/?p=183356"},"modified":"2022-04-08T20:31:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T19:31:17","slug":"does-drinking-blood-hydrate-you","status":"publish","type":[],"link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/does-drinking-blood-hydrate-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Stay Hydrated By Drinking Blood?"},"content":{"rendered":"
So this is a bit of a strange question really, but at the same time it is somewhat logical to think you could do this.\n
At the very least, one would assume that drinking blood may be safer than drinking your own urine to stay hydrated.\n
Before we talk about whether or not blood would hydrate you, we\u2019ve got to first think about whether it\u2019s safe to actually drink at all!\n
Is it safe to drink your blood?\n
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In very small amounts, like a few teaspoons, drinking blood is absolutely safe.\n
Well, so long as it\u2019s clean blood that doesn\u2019t carry any crazy pathogens or weird jungle diseases or whatever, but that goes without saying.\n
However, past a few teaspoons, a human\u2019s blood can actually be pretty damn toxic to drink.\n
This is because blood is so rich in iron and the body has great difficulty excreting this excess iron.\n