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C'mon vegan people!! Apparently they still need 46 more vegan donors
for this study:

This research study is about how the lipid composition of blood is
affected by one’s diet. We hope to learn how vegan diets affect the
lipid content of blood, which can have an impact on a person’s health.
This can lead to insights into possible diet-related susceptibilities
to heart and brain-related disorders. This information will be
especially useful in studies aimed at diagnosing and treating
childhood neurodegenerative disorders caused by defects in lipid
metabolism, such as the Zellweger syndrome spectrum of peroxisomal
disorders. We are recruiting healthy individuals over the age of 18
who have kept a vegan diet for at least one year.

USC Blood Donor Center
2250 Alcazar Street Suite 136 (free parking)
Los Angeles CA 90089
(around the corner from USC University Hospital)
323-442-5433 (call to schedule an appointment)
uscblood@usc.edu

Also, donors will have the option of a gift card to Jamba Juice or
Subway or the option for us to contribute 10.00 to a 501C3 Charity. We
have a few charities that we work with: Mission for Blood and Breast
Cancer Foundation. If you have a favorite charity, we can submit for
permission to get this charity on our roster.

It has been a long time since I have been a year without getting some kind of tattoo. which normally keeps me from donating to the blood supply.

Since this is not going in anyone, they dont care if I have had recent tattoos or been out of the country?

just sent off the email.

they don't care about the out of the country thing. I was born in the UK, and they said it was fine for the study, even though I can't be a donor because of this.

Duuuuuuude! I know more than 40 people read this blog, yet they need 40 vegans (in ALL OF LA) and only 10 people have come forward to donate. Come on, people!

My friend and I went to give blood to the study and it was (virtually) painless and (except for some "donor reaction" that made them late to setting us up) quick. And we both walked away with free $10 gift cards to Trader Joe's. And *I* got free juice. Tell them you faint easily, and YOU TOO can be the proud owner of free juice.

These dudes need FORTY samples and have only gotten TEN participants. They're tryin to prove vegans have good lipid levels and can better ward off disease. So come on, give a little blood. PLUS when you check out at Trader Joe's, you can stare down the woman behind the counter and say "This is blood money." Awkward, yet memorable.

Doooo iiiiit!