Donate Blood Stay Healthy

Did you ever think of offering help that benefits you as well? If not then it is a time when you can surely help someone in need by donating blood. Only 5 percent of the total world population donates blood but transfusion increases every year by 9 percent. Most of the people have a misconception that it hampers the body but according to a study blood donation is good for health as it reduces the risk of heart attacks.

As per the American medical association donating blood on regular basis reduces the iron stores in body. Controlling iron content in blood preserves heart and vascular health. It works on the basic nature of iron that it gets rusting. Excess level of iron in the body is the reason why body oxidizes and prematurely ages. At the same time research suggests that blood should not be donated just to reduce iron stores in body. It can also be reduced by diet control and other measures

Now if you want to stay healthy, look young and help someone at the same time then blood donation will definitely help you.