Fruit contains essential vitamins, minerals, fiber, phytochemicals and antioxidants. If you have gastritis, you should consume two to four servings of fruit per day. Good choices include apples or apple juice, bananas, peaches, pears, applesauce and canned fruit, grapes, melon and kiwi.
Whole blood is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and blood plasma. It is best within a day of collection; however, can be used for up to three weeks. The blood is typically combined with an anticoagulant and preservative during the collection process.
There is a lot of waste in the industry, explains Bowman. Whole human blood has a shelf life of 42 days, but in a 2011 government sponsored national survey, researchers found, an estimated one in 20 units of donated blood was thrown away. The Contact 5 Investigators asked One Blood how that could happen. I don't know about that. I can't comment on that, answered Michaels.