Vampires are everywhere these days -- sexy bloodsuckers are haunting endless books, television shows, and films.
If the popularity of True Blood and the most recent Twilight film, Eclipse, is any indication, vampires are here to stay -- for eternity (cue the eerie music).
The whole vampire frenzy (which I am totally on board with, by the way) got me thinking about drinking blood -- NOT curious enough to do it, but curious enough to get some insight about it.
Here's what I found out about drinking blood.
There's a product called Blood Energy Potion that costs about $5 a bag. It's supposedly the world's first synthetic blood beverage, has a fruit punch flavor, and features "four hours of energy" via the iron, protein, caffeine, and electrolyte cocktail. The makers say Blood Energy Potion has a similar nutritional makeup to real blood, as well as the same color, look, and consistency of blood. It's even sold in a resealable transfusion bag style pouch.
For those who like the real stuff, enter human hematophagy, or the drinking of blood and the manufacturing of foodstuffs and delicacies with animal blood. Of course, some people consider drinking (or eating) blood to be taboo.
Then there are Sanguinarians ("Vampiric people"), who describe themselves as "human beings with a compulsion, or need, to consume blood." Most Sanguinarians say they have a physical craving for human blood exclusively, and go so far as to arrange for human "donors" who voluntarily supply them with fresh blood.
According to a self-proclaimed Sanguinarian, human blood "tastes like human blood," lamb blood tastes like human blood but milder, deer blood is midway between cow and human blood, cow blood tastes like human blood but bolder, and duck blood is milder than lamb blood. Got that? Or should I say, "Got blood?"
If you aren't as disgusted as I am and therefore still curious about drinking blood, please remember that doing so poses risks, especially regarding drinking human blood (just a drop can carry and transmit hepatitis, AIDS, malaria, and/or STDs).
Would you ever try drinking blood?
Images via sookiebontemps/Flickr and Harcos Laboratories
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Comments 26
eww. that is all.
I would try the synthetic fruit punch flavored stuff but not the real stuff.
Have I ever thought of drinking blood? NO. Just, no. People are weird.
I actually watched a documentary about energy vampires and 'sanguinarians'. Totally freaked me out- I had no idea that people actually drink blood. Anyway, I love Twilight just as much as the next guy, but drink blood? No. Doubt I'd even be able to stomach the fruit punch stuff...lol
No thank you!
I actually like the taste of blood, myself. :D I don't drink it on a regular basis, though.
I think this is one of those things where, as long as noone is getting hurt, it's very much "to each, his own". It's not my thing...but there are alot worse things out there.
Uhm wow...as much as i LOVE LOVE LOVE the vamp frenzy, I would still have to say no. Now....the fruit punch synthetic maybe, but then again that's not "blood"....ew
no thanks