Since we are looking for reputable sorces of information I thought I might share this which was passed on to me. Now granted it's not talking about ingesting blood or anything like that, but I thought you might like to read it.
And yes some of us *have* looked into it medically (I did an entire paper on blood, and just because I'm weird focused on the effects of a HUMAN, and various animalia ingesting it. Actually it ended up being a paper in three parts, One for my Anatomy class, one for my Psyc class, and one for my Zoology)
YEs you have a point, that our stomachs were not origionally ment to ingest blood, but also we were not ment to ingest any lactose beyond what our mothers spirt out of there teats when we are born. But yet you go the the grocery store and there are a dozen different kinds of Milk on the selves. We also are not ment to ingest dark green vegitables when we are young. It is actually poisonous for us. Hence little kids really not wanting to eat broccli or brussle sprouts, or the dreaded spinach. It can cause ulcers, consipation, vomiting, and in cases death... Same with milk... ooh I have a glass of milk or a thing of cheese and I am feeling narfy for a week. Our bodies are not designed to break down MOST of the things that we as humans eat. Most friuts and veggies will kill us, most fish, and meat (animalia) will and can kill us. Pork has so many disease and bactirea in it that can wipe out your intire immune system and grow worms in your body leading to things such as paralisys, and blindness, loss of motor function, loss of speech, and actually death. I don't want you guys to think I'm just rambling on to fight or impress... I'm not. I happen acknowlege and know most everything I am allergic to... I'm allergic to turkey, ham, salmon, citrus (that one makes me stop breathing), i'm lactose intolerant, and soy intolerant, caffiene intolerant (don't get me started on what caffiene does to the human body, and how now matter what we still go to starbucks, or drink that soda) really i don't want to go on. Everything can kill you, blood (being diese free, remember, we were talking about Diese free blood) is one of the things that will do the least amount of damage to your system.
Young Blood Rejuvenates Old Muscles
Feb 17 2005
THURSDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Young blood can help revive damaged older muscles, according to a study that found the blood of aged mice somehow hinders muscle's ability to repair itself.
In the study, researchers from Stanford University focused on specialized cells called satellite cells, which are stem cells sprinkled throughout muscle tissue. These satellite cells are normally dormant but spring into action whenever muscles in young mice are damaged. However, in older mice, satellite cells don't appear to respond to muscle damage.
The Stanford researchers hooked up a group of older mice with a group of younger mice in a way that allowed both groups to share the same blood supply. The researchers then induced muscle damage in the older mice. When these older mice were hooked up to a blood supply from older mice, their muscles healed slowly. But when the older mice received blood from younger mice, their muscles healed much more quickly.
The researchers also studied the livers of older mice who received blood from younger mice. They found that cells that help liver tissue regenerate were more active in older mice when they received younger blood.
The study appears in the Feb. 17 issue of Nature.
The findings indicate that something in younger blood revives regenerative cells in muscle and the liver, the researchers said.
Lead researcher Dr. Thomas Rando, associate professor of neurology and neurological services, suggested that age-related problems in chemicals surrounding the satellite cells, not the cells themselves, might be at fault.
"We need to consider the possibility that the niche in which stem cells sit is as important in terms of stem cell aging as the cells themselves," he said in a prepared statement.
