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Will you die faster from lack of oxygen to the brain or glucose or other nutrients not getting to the brain?
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Anoxic Brain Injury: Both glucose and oxygen are needed for brain metabolism and the brain cannot tolerate being without oxygen more than 5 minutes.
Answered 3/13/2014
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