khafra comments on Lifestyle interventions to increase longevity - Less Wrong
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Males tend to have iron overload which is bad for you. The easiest way to fix it is to bleed on a regular basis.
Women don't have that problem.
Those of us disqualified from donating blood should probably try to get into some form of exercise that involves a lot of blood loss; like skateboarding over sharp rocks, fencing with un-foiled blades, or taunting apex predators in their natural habitat. A new Ev-psych explanation for why men engage in this sort of activity more than women!
Huh, a plausible longevity argument for Mensur fencing. Never thought I'd see that in the wild.
(Snark aside, I imagine it'd be rather difficult to find a hobby that reliably takes a pint of blood a year and doesn't kill or seriously injure you.)
Pet leeches :-P