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Interesting Article on the advantages of Blood Donation and even more reasons why it it is good to donate your blood.The good cause that it is, is now not  just the only reason to donate blood. It seems even the donor gets massive benefit out of blood donation. Please check out the article below for the details.

The Incredible Health Benefits of Donating Blood | HealthMad:

Studies have shown that, in general, Americans tend to consume more iron on a daily basis than is necessary for good health. Ingestion of quantities of iron beyond a certain quantity can promote formation of free radicals in the body. Free radicals have justly earned their reputation for causing cellular changes which can disrupt normal cell function and increase the risk of certain chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer .

This is more likely to be a problem for men and post menopausal women since women of child bearing age shed excess iron through regular menstrual cycles. If a person happens to be a red meat eater, the risk for iron overload can be even higher.

 How does blood donation help with iron overload? Blood donation removes some of the excess iron which can cause free radical formation in the body. In fact, studies have shown that men who donate blood on a regular basis have a lower risk of heart disease. With heart disease being the number one cause of death in males, this is, indeed, an important health benefit of donating blood.

How can you be sure you’re not giving away too much iron? Before you’re allowed to donate blood, your hemoglobin level, a rough measure of your iron levels, will be checked. If it’s deemed too low, you won’t be allowed to donate that day. Your hemoglobin level will be monitored closely every time you present for donation and you’ll only be allowed to donate every eight weeks to prevent too much iron from being removed from your body.

It’s a free and easy way to keep track of your iron levels.

Well for the ones who would like to know what happens behind the scene, here is teh scoop.

Blood donation is aimed at different things at different times and locations. Sometimes hospitals need only the whole blood. and sometimes there is a big need to collect red blood cells or only plasma. So depending on the need of the hour, the organization involved takes the donated blood thought various processes. Here is a video which shows you what happens after you donate your blood.

Red blood and Plasma are two of the important components of whole blood and they are vital in stabilizing a patients’ conditions in many trauma related and cancer related cases. I strongly urge you to donate blood and be proud of it and take friend while you go..

Donating blood is like paying forward, you never know when you will need it so start building good karma today!

Some people had question on the safety of donor and the precautions that a health professional takes to ensure the donor is safe.  Instead of me talking about it, let me show you a video of how this is done. Now depending on your local health norms you may have different techniques that are followed but the gist is the same. It is very important to maintain  and assure each donor that we take the most precautions while drawing blood. This ensures that  we have a repeat donor who is confident in our skills and also ensures that the blood we draw is uncontaminated.

Go ahead and watch the video.

Now it is time for you to take action. Decide today to donate blood and take a friend with you…

The Pill culture is spreading far and wide  very easily.

I was wondering whether I should discuss this on a blog about blood donation or not and decided to do it any way. Because it is important to let you all know of the dangers of going the Pill Way.

A Pill seems like an easy solutions to all our complicated problems. You don’t get sleep you take Valium. You can’t ejaculate you take the blue pill so and on. We somehow have been convinced that a pill is a simple solution to almost all our problems. But wait for a moment and just think about this idea.  We take pills because we are told they are an easy solution. Who told you? the TV? Your doctor? Who specifically?

Those who advertise want to sell more and make money. If taking that pill really solves your problem, what do you think will happen to the profits of the drug company? To make sure they stay in business, they will only make and advertise and sell you pill that can get you hooked. The pill that can make your symptoms go away for a while. So when you take a pill, you are not looking at a cure but a temporary solution. Keep this in mind.

The drug companies have become so good in this business and have made so much money doing this that  now they are in the same place as Big Oil Companies which ensure no alternates to  Oil are ever invented or marketed to the masses.

They run a behind the scene, secretive campaigns to destabilize any alternative treatments methods that may come up to cure problems. For example one of my friends called Ted who went to a doctor to talk about how he can overcome social anxiety and shyness was suggested a pill called paroxetine. he did not feel right about so he came over to chat about this issue. I convinced him  not to take the pill and try other simpler way of dealing with such issues. I sent him to a friend of mine who practices Hypnosis and NLP.  Within a couple of weeks  Ted was beating shyness with a  broomstick and his confidence did wonders to his career.

Hypnosis is known to cure may of the metal problems we have and although I agree there are not as many skilled Hypnotherapists around.  Even if you do not have a hypnotherapists you can get hold of a good Hypnosis program to overcome shyness and social anxiety. Have look at this site for details on overcoming shyness. In the same way another friend of mine, dolpoi learns how to work with  stop smoking hypnosis program.

Grace In gravity

This a site of my friends in the band Grace in Gravity . I wish their music will become world famous coz these guys deserve their fame.

All the members are avid supporters or blood donation and have worked with us in our campaigns.