Can eating more than six bananas at once kill you?

9 years ago

There is an interesting phrase called LD50. Once you have an idea of what LD50 is, you can find out at what level something might kill you.

Google: What is the ld50 of [something]

Google: What is the ld50 of bananas

Google: What is the ld50 of water

Google: What is the ld50 of coffee

Interestingly, the ld50 of coffee is higher than the ld50 of water.
(You would have to drink more coffee than water to die from it.)

Oh, what is LD50?

Google can be your friend.

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Lance K 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Joe Mobley

Oh, what is LD50?

Google can be your friend.

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Google not necessary. Lethal Dose for 50% of test population.
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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by fhamed

Read that article Can eating more than six bananas at once kill you? - BBC News and feel so weird and thought I've been eating banana more than 10 so why didn't i die:O

Eating six bananas at once can definitely kill you. Nobody can shove 6 bananas in their mouth at once. I'm sure they would choke to death. My professional advice is to eat them one at a time.

That is all.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Eating six bananas at once can definitely kill you. Nobody can shove 6 bananas in their mouth at once. I'm sure they would choke to death. My professional advice is to eat them one at a time.

That is all.

You neglected to mention your superlative skills at the placement of six banana's simultaneously in other bodily orifices.

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Kay King

9 years ago

It's sometimes said that eating a lot of bananas at once could be dangerous - it has even been suggested that eating more than six in one sitting could kill you. Can this really be true?

What a ridiculous and poorly written article!

I've never once heard that "said" about bananas...no one has ever "suggested" to me that more than six in one sitting ...blah de blah.

So the magic number is 7 - and I should stand up while eating bananas.

Got it.

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

I just sat down and ate six bananas. I never felt better in my li

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I just sat down and ate six bananas. I never felt better in my li

Explanation: bananas are also good for people suffering from E.D.

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David Beroff 9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Explanation: bananas are also good for people suffering from E.D.

I would think that would depend on how exactly they're used.
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- lanfear63 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by David Beroff
  
  I would think that would depend on how exactly they're used.
  
  Of course I was talking about Eating Disorders.
  
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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Explanation: bananas are also good for people suffering from E.D.

Sure, bananas cure ED, but it turns your member yellow...and the skin peels away.

After today, I'm never following your medical advice again.

By the way, where can I find a cure for my Banana Leprosy?

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Sure, bananas cure ED, but it turns your member yellow...and the skill peels away.

After today, I'm never following your medical advice again.

By the way, where can I find a cure for my Banana Leprosy?

I admit, my medical training was more in apples, oranges and plums. But, I know enough to warn you that you may experience a Drop-off in sales today.

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tagiscom

9 years ago

Originally Posted by laurencewins

ERating 6 bananas at the same time can definitely kill you, especially if you stole 1 from each of 6 different gorillas. Ever faced a hungry horde of gorillas? No? Good! It means you didn't steal their food that day.

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Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Sure, bananas cure ED, but it turns your member yellow...and the skill peels away.

After today, I'm never following your medical advice again.

By the way, where can I find a cure for my Banana Leprosy?

Easy, trying slipping a donut in a banana?

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Dennis Gaskill 9 years ago

Here's what kills a person: stupidity.

Originally Posted by lanfear63

Explanation: bananas are also good for people suffering from E.D.

Please explain how bananas are good for people Editorial Disfunction.
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- HeySal 9 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill
  
  Here's what kills a person: stupidity.
  
  Please explain how bananas are good for people Editorial Disfunction.
  
  That's easy, Dennis.
  Bananas are high in silicon. The silicon content is then under heat and pressure in the penis, and when you extract the liquid, you get agate. Takes awhile to work, of course.
  
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Kurt 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

I just sat down and ate six bananas. I never felt better in my li

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tagiscom

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Eating six bananas at once can definitely kill you. Nobody can shove 6 bananas in their mouth at once. I'm sure they would choke to death. My professional advice is to eat them one at a time.

That is all.

Yes, but you have a long history of eating 10 Crispy Creme Donuts all at once!

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NancyWhflare

9 years ago

It definitely kills a person, and that is really a ridiculous practice. For health, hope no one will try this again.

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MikeTucker 9 years ago

Originally Posted by NancyWhflare

It definitely kills a person, and that is really a ridiculous practice. For health, hope no one will try this again.

"Hope" is not a strategy.
We must divide ourselves into groups.
Some will eat five bananas, others seven.
If we all live, short straw tries six.
Is it the magic number?

Also, as part of our strategy, lots of nonsense posts
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effective market.

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fhamed

9 years ago

Sometimes science shits. My friends do bodybuilding and 12 banana is included in the daily diet and they eat they're still alive and healthy hahaha

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laurencewins

9 years ago

ERating 6 bananas at the same time can definitely kill you, especially if you stole 1 from each of 6 different gorillas. Ever faced a hungry horde of gorillas? No? Good! It means you didn't steal their food that day.

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Princess Balestra

9 years ago

Nope.

Results of experiment are in.

Even Bigmouth Balestra fails to get her lips round more than four at once.

Plus, I nearly choked.

Guess the underlying message here is SAFETY FIRST.

Six at once, and I'm guessin' most people could end up seriously dead, or brain damaged from asphyxiation even if paramedics clear the airway.

Even one could prove fatal if it goes in at the wrong angle.

Kinda gets you thinking about a whole load of stuff, everything from olives to meatballs to the chocolate flakes on a cappuccino.

Tellya, I got a bunch of those up my nose a while back and nearly barfed. Got stuck in my throat and it was kinda embarrassing, but hey — least I didn't die.

Makes you wonder if there are nutzoid guys out there who get off on Extreme Eating.

Mebbe ten bananas, sprinkled with chocolate flakes and 4 big spoons of chilli powder, and they stuff 'em down against the clock while big bucks change hands.

Yanno what? Maybe we just uncovered a goldmine here.

Gonna Google it.

Bet some of these guys even have sequinned costumes, and names like 'The Consumer', 'Throat Fiend' and 'Uvula Massage Hunk'...

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butters

9 years ago

Originally Posted by fhamed

Read that article Can eating more than six bananas at once kill you? - BBC News and feel so weird and thought I've been eating banana more than 10 so why didn't i die:O

Try getting half way through the article

"But for a healthy person, "it would be impossible to overdose on bananas," says Collins. "You would probably need around 400 bananas a day to build up the kind of potassium levels that would cause your heart to stop beating... Bananas are not dangerous - and in fact they are, and always have been, very good for you."
Adults should consume about 3,500mg of potassium per day, according to the UK's National Health Service. The average banana, weighing 125g, contains 450mg of potassium, meaning a healthy person can consume at least seven-and-half bananas before reaching the recommended level."

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by butters

Try getting half way through the article

"But for a healthy person, "it would be impossible to overdose on bananas," says Collins. "You would probably need around 400 bananas a day to build up the kind of potassium levels that would cause your heart to stop beating... Bananas are not dangerous - and in fact they are, and always have been, very good for you."
Adults should consume about 3,500mg of potassium per day, according to the UK's National Health Service. The average banana, weighing 125g, contains 450mg of potassium, meaning a healthy person can consume at least seven-and-half bananas before reaching the recommended level."

Let me get this straight. The article is recommending that we eat less than 400 bananas a day. I think I can accept that recommendation.

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lanfear63

9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

Let me get this straight. The article is recommending that we eat less than 400 bananas a day. I think I can accept that recommendation.

We should embrace the highly learned futurist, Woody Allen's prediction that it will be found that cream cakes, sticky buns and donuts are really good for us. Your so ahead of your time.

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Claude Whitacre

9 years ago

Originally Posted by lanfear63

We should embrace the highly learned futurist, Woody Allen's prediction that it will be found that cream cakes, sticky buns and donuts are really good for us. Your so ahead of your time.

"Sticky Buns" is what the boys used to call me in prison. And I have an irrational fear of bananas. Coincidence?

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whateverpedia 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre

"Sticky Buns" is what the boys used to call me in prison. And I have an irrational fear of bananas. Coincidence?

I have......, erm, I mean a friend of mine has a large collection of gay porn featuring an "actor" called Sticky Buns. Is this yet another screen name of yours?
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9 years ago

Originally Posted by butters

Try getting half way through the article

"But for a healthy person, "it would be impossible to overdose on bananas," says Collins. "You would probably need around 400 bananas a day to build up the kind of potassium levels that would cause your heart to stop beating... Bananas are not dangerous - and in fact they are, and always have been, very good for you."
Adults should consume about 3,500mg of potassium per day, according to the UK's National Health Service. The average banana, weighing 125g, contains 450mg of potassium, meaning a healthy person can consume at least seven-and-half bananas before reaching the recommended level."

Aren't the reported cases of spontaneous human combustion supposedly caused by too much potassium?

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David Beroff 9 years ago

Originally Posted by AprilCT

Aren't the reported cases of spontaneous human combustion supposedly caused by too much potassium?

I thought they were from too much gasoline and not enough common sense.
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ElBeany

9 years ago

Ask one of those crazy youtubers to try this and find out

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9 years ago

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David Beroff 9 years ago

Originally Posted by TG2015

I'm white so I don't eat bananas, but I don't see how they can kill you just because you eat a lot.

Uh... what does skin color have to do with anything?
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Claude Whitacre 9 years ago

Originally Posted by TG2015

I'm white so I don't eat bananas, but I don't see how they can kill you just because you eat a lot.

Was that a joke?

News flash, you have to be 18 or older to be a member here.
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whateverpedia

9 years ago

Eating six bananas at once can certainly kill you, or at least cause grievous bodily harm if you fall out of the tree while you're eating them.

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RansiPlick

9 years ago

I have eaten 6 Bananas in life. I didn't die. However, if you try to eat 6 bananas all at once then perhaps you'll suffocate and die.

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Kurt

9 years ago

While asking Claude if that's a banana in his pocket probably won't kill you, it's certain to bring very unpleasant circumstances.

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Claude Whitacre 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Kurt

While asking Claude if that's a banana in his pocket probably won't kill you, it's certain to bring very unpleasant circumstances.

Especially since that banana has been there for years. Normally, I hear "What is that smell? It smells like old rotten banana"
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Barry Unruh

9 years ago

6 bananas won't hurt you if they are deep fat fried with brown sugar all over them. Besides they are downright delicious this way...

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HN Banned 9 years ago

Originally Posted by Barry Unruh

6 bananas won't hurt you if they are deep fat fried with brown sugar all over them. Besides they are downright delicious this way...

It must be possible to turn the natural food into something even less healthier. Try covering them with chocolate to make sure they can't hurt you in any way. Or perhaps wrap them in cheese and ham.
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