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Halloween is almost here, which means costumes, scary movies, and lots of candy. In this video, Reactions tackles this spooky hypothetical question: how much Halloween candy would kill you? Find out the answer as we explain the chemistry behind lethal doses, sugar metabolism, and candy corn. Trick-o
It’s estimated that candy sales this Halloween will reach upwards to $2.5 billion dollars in the US. [Ed. – For 2022 it is estimated to be $3.1 billion.]
Table sugar, or sucrose, is a simple carbohydrate that is composed of two main parts: Glucose and Fructose. Just like with High Fructose Corn Syrup, our bodies breaks this molecule down into these separate parts. When you load up your body with sugar, all that glucose can’t be used at once to power your cells so it ends up being converted and stored in cells called adipocytes, or fat cells.Candy can come with nuts and other treats inside, but let’s focus on sugar for our hypothetical death by gluttony.
The LD50 of Sucrose is 29.7 grams per kilogram or 13.5 grams per pound. The LD50 represents toxicity for things consumed ALL AT ONCE and it doesn’t guarantee death – it’s just what kills 50% of a population. And since these numbers represent toxicity in rats, it’s possible that sugar might be more or less toxic in humans.