FYI: Can You Overdose On Halloween Candy?
Jelly Beans Evan-Amos via Wikimedia Commons Say you pulled in a really good haul of Halloween candy this year. Like, really good. Months of supply good. What, hypothetically, would happen if you decided to forgo your bland, nutritional diet and embark on every 8-year-old kid's dream—an all-candy binge? Is it physically possible to experience a dangerous candy overdose? "If you’re talking about one or two days, you could definitely make yourself sick," according to James Ruff, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Utah and one of the few scientists who didn't guffaw and delete my email when I asked how long it would take an all-candy diet to turn deadly. "You’re going to feel terrible." You'll have a huge surge of energy, followed by that characteristic sugar crash once your body releases insulin and your blood sugar level...