> For every one molecule of carbon monoxide exhaled, a molecule of the pigment found in red blood cells is also destroyed
> In microgravity, the human body loses about 10 percent of the liquid flowing through our blood vessels, as blood accumulates in our head and chest.
> The effects of anemia are only felt once you land, and must deal with gravity again.
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https://www.sciencealert.com/space-anemia-is-real-and-scientists-just-worked-out-why