Interesting Human Blood Facts - Blood Contains Gold too!! Don't believe it? Read on!
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Blood is a fluid that supplies important nutrients and substances such as oxygen, glucose, and hormones to our cells, and also responsible to carry waste away from those cells, this waste is flushed out of the body via urine, sweat etc
Here are some of the interesting facts
1- Blood weight
Scientists have estimated that approximately eight percent of an adult body weight is made up of blood.
2- Gold in Blood, Are you serious?
Yes, Blood does contain gold, The body contains roughly 0.2 mg of gold that is most diffused with in the blood. However, Interestingly enough it 40 thousand people would required to bleed and then let it dry to just collect enough blood to make an 8g memento
3- Blood amount
An adult male has around five to six liters of blood, while Female possess around four to five liters of blood. The reason behind this difference is due to the differences in body size between women and men.
4- Blood alternate
Scientists and researchers till now haven't got any clue regarding artificial or alternate for human blood
5- Substitute of Blood Plasma
As a substitute to blood plasma coconut water can be used because of the hydrating electrolytes it contains. This is because of the fact that coconut water possesses identical properties to that of human plasma, and interestingly enough it can be safely injected into the bloodstream directly.
6- Blood type
The most common blood type in the world is O+ve while the rare blood type is AB-ve
7- Blood color can be different
Blood is not red for all living creatures for instance crab has blue blood. Leeches and earth worms have green blood. Many have yellowish blood color like such as starfish
Interesting, didn't know about this! :)
I guess we're accumulating the gold in our blood through food intake?
Would it be then, the older the person, the more blood?
Thanks for you comment! The amount of gold found in human blood stream is 0.2mg, in addition to it there are various other elements found including carbon, hydrogen and even silicon. All these elements help maintain the healthy function of body as per one recent research gold in blood stream plays an important role in maintenance of bones and joints and yes your food intakes may fluctuate the quantity of elements present in your body
That's very crazy and interesting.
Thanks :) Glad you liked it. Indeed our body is full of amazing organs and when you dig deep it boggles the mind
I feel golden now I know there is gold in my blood
hehe :) Richie Rich now