Since "Twilight" and "True Blood, " vampires have become the darlings of the crowd - so much so that people are serious about drinking blood! In 2011, for example, a 19-year-old broke into a woman's apartment to bite her neck and suck her blood. He was arrested and said to be a "modern vampire".

Apart from the morbid part of the story, does drinking blood have any benefit? According to doctors, in small quantities it does no harm - understand this as a few teaspoons of red liquid as long as it is free of infectious diseases. However, at higher doses, blood can be very toxic.

The blood is rich in iron, which our body has difficulty expelling. Therefore, consuming too much can lead to iron overdose - which can even kill! This is because too much iron can cause hemochromatosis, causing risks to the liver, lowering blood pressure and causing dehydration. Not to mention that it can also cause your lungs to accumulate fluid and your nervous system to become unbalanced. Worth it?

In 2013, a young woman named Michelle appeared on a TV show saying she was eating blood

“I've drunk and never had a problem”

Despite these risks, it is not very difficult to find people who swear to eat blood and without any health problems. For them, the high amount of iron-enriched oxygen in their blood is invigorating! Would you have the courage?

Some animals, like certain bats, have a different digestive system than humans, so they have no negative effects on the blood-rich diet. Not to mention that most of them have a much more efficient iron elimination system than man, so the substance poses no risk to your health.

So before you go around sucking someone else's blood, know that it can be very harmful to your body! Is the risk worth feeding certain fetishes? I do not think so? The best thing is to whim in the water!

If you're not a "real" vampire, don't go around drinking other people's blood

* Posted on 10/06/2016