Subject: RE: Amount of Blood drawn before performance takes a hit? You don't have to dope to get gains back in your red blood cell count. My N=1 looks like this: I donate double red cells regularly. This would be the opposite of blood doping. I'm really asking for performance drops like hat, but considering my current "performance" I'm not that concerned. Anyway, you can only give double red every 16 weeks, as opposed to every 8 weeks with a regular whole blood donation. It is the longest recovery in any kind of blood donation. Plasma and platelets are short term. That red blood cell count is key. So anyway, I last gave double red cells on November 21. I won't be able to give again until this Tuesday, March 13. I had bloodwork done on February 20, three weeks before I should expect to be back to normal. My red blood cell count was high. I attribute it to eating high amounts of red meat and green leafy vegetables with my switch over to paleo and low carb. At the same time i've been dropping weight and reversed diabetes, in case anyone is worried about the fat guy eating bacon. So, cliffs notes..... Red blood cell count is not static or only influenced by blood doping. Eat a steak and spinach. |