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Researchers complete first human trial on viability of enteral ventilation

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95 points mustaphah | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 18:44 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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qyph ◴[22 Oct 25 01:04 UTC] No.45663797[source]▶
I wonder if this could be used for doping in aerobic sports? Could this elevate overall oxygen intake in a healthy person?

My vague understanding is that oxygen intake is a big limiting factor in aerobic activities hence measurement of things like vo2max in sports science. ‘Blood doping’ has similar benefits though it’s also about having more blood period.

It seems unlikely that one could take a big enough suppository to help in a meaningful way in a marathon, but in a middle distance race lasting only a few minutes…

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1. stevenwoo ◴[22 Oct 25 01:31 UTC] No.45663965[source]▶
In a trained person, the limiting factor as I understand it is the capacity of one’s blood cells to carry oxygen to the muscles. This method does not make more blood cells unlike the common doping methods used for aerobic sports like blood doping, artificial EPO.