How Much Candy Would Kill You?
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Before you stuff your face with candy until you max out this Halloween, we want you to ask yourself how much is too much. Well folks, in keeping with the dark, spooky atmosphere of late October, we're taking a look at how many pieces of fun sized candy can kill you - if all eaten in one sitting. Oh and for you candy corn lovers out there, we're crunches those numbers too.
For those of you out there who want to figure out the oral LD50 for yourself fill in the variable "W" with your own weight in pounds:
(W*13.5)/9.3 = PIECES OF FUN SIZED CANDY
(W*13.5)/1.5 = PIECES OF CANDY CORN
Post your results down in the comments. Happy Halloween!
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Writer & Producer:
Kirk Zamieroski
Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski
Scientific consultants:
Hans Plugge, Ph.D.
Kyle Nackers
Alison Le
SOURCES:
Sucrose LD50 - https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+500
NCA Candy Consumption Habit surveys - http://www.candyusa.com/news/americans-stay-sweet-on-halloween-by-embracing-moderation/
2016 Halloween Sales Estimates by NRF - https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/halloween-spending-reach-84-billion-highest-survey-history
AHA Suggested Added Sugars Per Day - http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/Nutrition/Added-Sugars_UCM_305858_Article.jsp#.V_bAmrTMyfQ
AHA Scientific Statement - http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/circulationaha/120/11/1011.full.pdf
CDC Average American - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/body-measurements.htm
Average intake of Americans - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19704096
How the Body Breaks Sugar down - http://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-7075-9-89
A brief history of Sucrose and what it does ot the body -https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/is-sugar-really-toxic-sifting-through-the-evidence/
Adypocytes & Obesity - http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001436
Sugars and Obesity - http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/78/4/850S.full
Nutrition of Most Popular Halloween Candies - http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Calories-Halloween-Candy-Fun-Size-Treats-5452936
Glycogen storage - http://chemistry.elmhurst.edu/vchembook/547glycogen.html
Sugar in Candy corn - http://www.brachs.com/products/candy-corn/
Compound Chem LD50 - http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/07/27/lethaldoses/
Forbes Infographic of Sugar Consumption - http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/08/30/how-much-sugar-are-americans-eating-infographic/#2f2886a61f71
Before you stuff your face with candy until you max out this Halloween, we want you to ask yourself how much is too much. Well folks, in keeping with the dark, spooky atmosphere of late October, we're taking a look at how many pieces of fun sized candy can kill you - if all eaten in one sitting. Oh and for you candy corn lovers out there, we're crunches those numbers too.
For those of you out there who want to figure out the oral LD50 for yourself fill in the variable "W" with your own weight in pounds:
(W*13.5)/9.3 = PIECES OF FUN SIZED CANDY
(W*13.5)/1.5 = PIECES OF CANDY CORN
Post your results down in the comments. Happy Halloween!
Find us on all these places:
Subscribe! http://bit.ly/ACSReactions
Facebook! http://facebook.com/ACSReactions
Twitter! http://twitter.com/ACSReactions
Tumblr! http://tumblr.com/ACSReactions
Writer & Producer:
Kirk Zamieroski
Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski
Scientific consultants:
Hans Plugge, Ph.D.
Kyle Nackers
Alison Le
SOURCES:
Sucrose LD50 - https://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search/a?dbs+hsdb:@term+@DOCNO+500
NCA Candy Consumption Habit surveys - http://www.candyusa.com/news/americans-stay-sweet-on-halloween-by-embracing-moderation/
2016 Halloween Sales Estimates by NRF - https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/halloween-spending-reach-84-billion-highest-survey-history
AHA Suggested Added Sugars Per Day - http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthyLiving/HealthyEating/Nutrition/Added-Sugars_UCM_305858_Article.jsp#.V_bAmrTMyfQ
AHA Scientific Statement - http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/circulationaha/120/11/1011.full.pdf
CDC Average American - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/body-measurements.htm
Average intake of Americans - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19704096
How the Body Breaks Sugar down - http://nutritionandmetabolism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1743-7075-9-89
A brief history of Sucrose and what it does ot the body -https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/is-sugar-really-toxic-sifting-through-the-evidence/
Adypocytes & Obesity - http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1001436
Sugars and Obesity - http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/78/4/850S.full
Nutrition of Most Popular Halloween Candies - http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/Calories-Halloween-Candy-Fun-Size-Treats-5452936
Glycogen storage - http://chemistry.elmhurst.edu/vchembook/547glycogen.html
Sugar in Candy corn - http://www.brachs.com/products/candy-corn/
Compound Chem LD50 - http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/07/27/lethaldoses/
Forbes Infographic of Sugar Consumption - http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/08/30/how-much-sugar-are-americans-eating-infographic/#2f2886a61f71
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