Burning off calories by donating blood

June 15, 2006

Hey, I learned something new today. Donating one pint of blood burns off 650 calories, or equivalent to a 40 minute run. (via Gordon’s Notes)



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{ 2 comments }

1 Blog, MD June 17, 2006 at 6:40 pm

Too bad you can only do it once every 56 days. Hardly a killer workout program!

2 Anonymous December 6, 2006 at 10:19 pm

What about donating plasma? Same thing?

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