Here's a question -- does anyone know if Hb increases are due primarily to increased hematocrit or due to increases in the Hgb in each red blood cell (or is such an adaptation even possible)?
There have been posts in the past talking about how natural adaptations are better than, say, improvements coming from using EPO, with the "thickness" of the blood being the reason. It seems like an adaptation that could increase the blood's abilty to carry O2 w/o increasing the rbc too much would be the preferred adaptation.
There have been posts in the past talking about how natural adaptations are better than, say, improvements coming from using EPO, with the "thickness" of the blood being the reason. It seems like an adaptation that could increase the blood's abilty to carry O2 w/o increasing the rbc too much would be the preferred adaptation.