This interesting form of training may help boost your red blood cell production.
DATA:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904371/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2013.00332/full
Timestamps
0:05 Red blood cells function
2:19 What if you’re deficient in red blood cells
2:42 How to boost red blood cells
3:01 What is intermittent hypoxia training?
3:50 Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
4:17 Benefits of intermittent hypoxic training
In this video, we’re going to talk about how to strengthen your red blood cell.
What do red blood cells do?
• Red blood cells are called erythrocytes. They are there as a method of carrying oxygen.
• Your body makes 2.4 million red blood cells per second.
• Red blood cells are made in a factory inside of your long bones.
• A red blood cell will last between 100-120 days.
• It takes 60 seconds for a red blood cell to travel from your lung, through your body, and back to your lung.
• It has no nucleus or DNA. Viruses use your DNA to replicate, so viruses can’t hurt red blood cells.
• You have between 20-30 trillion red blood cells. That makes up 70% of all of your cells.
• The red blood cell can’t use ketones as fuel. It uses glucose. Your body makes its own glucose (gluconeogenesis). You don’t need to consume glucose to feed the red blood cell.
If you’re deficient in red blood cells, you might feel:
• Fatigue
• Shortness of breath
• Weakness
How to strengthen red blood cells:
• Make sure you have enough iron (but not too much)
• Make sure you have enough B12
• Intermittent hypoxia training
What is intermittent hypoxia training?
Intermittent—you’re going to do something and then not do it.
Hypoxia—without oxygen or low oxygen.
With intermittent hypoxia training, you starve oxygen to the body for a little bit, and then you breathe, and you do this back and forth.
I like to use a hypoxic mask, but not for exercises where I’m not breathing very much. I like to use the mask for exercises where I’m huffing and puffing. I wear this mask for 2 minutes, and then I take it off for 2 minutes and repeat.
When you starve the body of oxygen for a short period of time:
• You trigger certain genes that create changes within the red blood cell
• You increase red blood cell production by up to 10x
• You increase the size of the red blood cell
• You stimulate your antioxidant reserve
By doing intermittent hypoxia training, you’re going to carry way more oxygen, so when you exercise, you’ll last a lot longer. You will sleep better, and it may have therapeutic benefits for certain diseases.
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Thanks for watching! I hope this video helps you better understand how to boost your red cell production.
