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Is It Possible to Overdose on Chocolate?
Too much chocolate is bad for you
Aside from obesity and cavities, here is why you shouldn't eat too much chocolate:
- Chocolate in extremely large amounts can actually poison you. The poison comes from the roasted seeds of the Theobroma cacao plant
- The toxic components found in this are: methylxanthine, alkaloids, theobromine and caffeine
- The lethal dose to kill a person is = 1,000 mg/kg of the person's body weight
However, theobromine levels vary by chocolate type with cocoa powder and dark chocolate.
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