Scientists have calculated a lethal dose of chocolate

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Scientists from New York University found out what amount of chocolate can lead to death Probably, no person in the world will be able to eat so many delicacies, because the dosage, after which irreversible consequences for the body occur, is too great.

Chocolate can be dangerous, because the cocoa beans from which it is made, contain the toxin theobromine, but in small doses it is harmless.

This plant alkaloid has a diuretic and vasodilator effect, and also causes tachycardia and headache. With a large concentration of this substance in the body, the human heart may not be able to withstand the load.

However, chocolate has a very low content of theobromine, so even before it accumulates in a quantity sufficient to cause death, the stomach simply cannot cope with a large volume a delicacy enters him, which means that it will not be possible to continue the meal.

A person who weighs 80 kilograms should eat 40 kilograms of milk or 20 kilograms of dark chocolate at a time. Probably, no one will be able to cope with this task.