The 4-Hour Body - An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman - Timothy Ferriss
binge monster.
3. THE LOST ART OF BLEEDING (COST: FREE)
Thought bloodletting went out of fashion around the time of the Salem witch trials? Not
entirely.
I'm betting on a major resurgence, and it all has to do with excess iron.
More than estrogen, it's thought to partially explain why post-menopausal (but not pre-
menopausal) women have a similar incidence of heart attack to men. I've donated blood since
2001 to be on the safe side.
And I'm not alone. The New England Centenarian Study, conducted by Boston University's
School of Medicine, is the world's largest and most comprehensive ongoing study of
"centenarians," or people who live past 100. Dr. Tom Perls, director of the study and an
associate professor of medicine, gives blood every eight weeks to mimic the loss of iron due to
menstruation, which he believes will increase his longevity:
"Iron is a critical factor in our cells' ability to produce those nasty molecules called free