# Donating Blood Every Week

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-blood-every-week/628753>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 19, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-blood-every-week/628753 "2012-07-19T18:34:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donating-blood-every-week/628753/21 "2012-07-20T13:46:25Z")

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For those tending to be anemic, eating instant Cream of Wheat before donating will boost your HgB count a little.

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