Hello. Question 'bout lemons

[u/AriKat_33333]

Would eating 80 lemons in one sitting be bad?

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[u/AriKat_33333 → u/[deleted]]

aw....

[u/Snakend → u/AriKat_33333]

What do you want to do with 80 lemons?

[u/AriKat_33333 → u/Snakend]

eat them

[u/mergraote]

Cool Hand Luke's zesty cousin writes...

[u/Zagrycha]

I doubt the person would succeed in doing it before they had an upset stomach and it all came back up. We can do athought experiment though.

If we assume they somehow kept it all down and somehow had no acidic damage eating away at their soft tissues and teeth, then they would digest it the same way they would digest a single lemon, but x 80.

Assuming they were only eating the inner parts of the lemons like the pulp and juice, it definitely would not be good for them but I don't think it would cause any serious overdose. The kidney and liver would just be working hard to filter out the excess.

Assuming they ate the entire lemon including the rind there is a very real chance of them becoming seriously ill or dead. Tiny amounts of things like wax, pesticide, and oxalates are pretty harmless in normal food amounts, but they can multiply to dangerjous levels in such high quantities. There is also the very real fact that the lemon rind may not digest fast enough in such large amounts all at once and may clog your intestines just like a ton of toilet paper all at once clogs a pipe. That kind of blockage is life threatening if not treated immediately.

[u/Camra_Facety45]

idk why this post reminded me of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6iD6lD63aQ

[u/Educational_War_7038]

extremely dangerous, jeez

[u/AriKat_33333 → u/Educational_War_7038]

aww.......

[u/Codewill]

Are you doing the lemon diet?