What nutrients are required for red blood cell synthesis and why? What is blood doping? How is it detected? How is blood doping different from simply good nutrition?
What will be an ideal response?
Amino acids for globin synthesis, iron for heme synthesis, folic acid and vitamin B12 for DNA synthesis are among
the nutrients required. Blood doping is using a treatment to increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood, such as
receiving a transfusion of red blood cells or administering hormones that stimulate red blood cell production.
Hemoglobin concentration in the blood is elevated above normal in dopers, as is hematocrit. Reticulocyte count
indicates an accelerated rate of red blood cell production, which would be expected with use of erythropoietin or
similar drugs. These drugs/hormones can be detected in the blood. Good nutrition should ensure that hematocrit
and hemoglobin are at their maximum, but nutrition is not sufficient to elevate these parameters above normal.
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