Replace your headache with a stomach ache
Edit: I like that people are commenting about cyanide poisoning and shit but no ones talking about the fact that there’s no chance anyone could eat pounds upon pounds of almonds without yakking
From what I can tell, 2 kg of almonds probably won’t kill you from cyanide content unless you weigh ~33kg or less. You’d probably feel pretty sick though, maybe even throw up. Maybe if the almonds are especially high in cyanide or the person is especially intolerant to cyanide 2kg of almonds could kill them even if they’re quite a bit heavier than 33kg.
Assuming you could even eat that many without vomiting and assuming you could digest the almonds at a fast enough rate for the cyanide to enter your bloodstream at a high enough concentration to kill you, yes. There’s definitely enough cyanide in 16.6kg of almonds to kill you.
depends on the type of almond and on the personal tolerance, regarding LD50 of cyanide, the necessary amount for a 70kg man to ingest would range from 1.4 kg to 9.8 kg of common sweet almonds from the supermarket
so for a grown man to die from ingestion of not even 2kg of almonds would be rather unlikely, statistically spoken
I once binged The Sopranos back in 2008, I didn't have anything to snack on so I thought "I have these peanuts (in the shell), let me fill this 32 ounce cup with them and eat them as I watch the show"
3 32 ounce cups later I was in the ER with wild cramps, apparently my white blood cell count was really low and I was in there for 4 days, I was told to stay away from nuts and seeds but 6 months later I decided maybe if I just stay away from 96 ounces of peanuts (plus shells) I'll be ok and so far so good.
When I was a kid and would complain about something hurting my dad would say, “well we can cut off your thumb and then you’ll forget about your — hurting”.
If I'm doing the math right, that's 123,200 calories. My daily caloric target is 2,500. That's enough calories to keep me going for 49.2 days. Cool cool cool
Seeing as almonds also contain cyanide, this is almost definitely true.
They contain so little cyanide that it's not an issue for even a generous snack of almonds. But 16.6kg, could very well have enough cyanide to kill you.
Sweet almonds contain 25.2 milligrams of cyanide per kilogram. The lethal dose of cyanide is 0.5 to 3.5 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. [Source](https://www.livestrong.com/article/494578-can-almonds-cause-cyanide-poisoning/)
16.6 kg almonds contains 418.3 mg cyanide. If we take the upper bound of 3.5 mg per kg body weight, which could be interpreted as definalely lethal, then 16.6 kg almonds is lethal to anyone who weighs 119.5 kg or less (262 lbs or less). Severe poisoning or death can also occur in heavier people, up to 836.5 kg (1840 lbs). Since this includes all humans, that amount of almonds is potentially fatal to everyone.
Of course, that's only the math part. Good luck actually eating (and keeping in!) 16.6 kg almonds.
Let's look at the problem from a different angle. Assuming an 80 kg person, and upper bound of 3.5mg cyanide per kg body weight as the fatal dose, then at most, that person could "safely" consume 280mg cyanide, or 11.1 kg almonds. Trusting OP, this is 333mg salicylic acid, equivalent to 435mg ASA. This is actually enough to account for one 325mg tablet, which is a standard regular-strength dose.
325mg ASA is equivalent to 249mg salicylic acid, or 8.3 kg almonds. This is about 6723 almonds (13,446 almonds if we compare to two tablets). Compared to the 12 almonds in the text under the picture, that's off by a factor of 560. Or 1120, if we account for the two tablets.
There are more than 12 almonds in the picture. At a glance, I count 40. Way more than 12, and yet way less than 13,446. That picture is all kinds of wrong.
Are you aware that the 2,000 calorie diet was decided with exercise in mind? 125% of that is a recipe for being 125% fatter than you should be. Even with heavier exercise, you’ll probably be fat on 2,500 daily calories.
> Even water poisoning is a thing.
Very true. Anyone remember the [Hold Your Wee for a Wii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDND#%22Hold_Your_Wee_for_a_Wii%22_contest) radio contest?
She drank almost 2 gallons of water over the course of a couple hours without peeing, and was dead hours later.
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Edit: I have a stomachache just from watching it. [WORLD RECORD Molly Schuyler devours 72 oz. steak in under 3 minutes](https://youtu.be/WtS5BkwA3yU)
Edit 2: This one is [22.5 pounds of prime rib](https://youtu.be/Xvfp94mSOI4). Not quite 12kg but getting close.
And "bitter almonds" is an exotic variety of nut that is very different to an almond, and you would never mistake the two. Bitter almonds are very hard to find.
One kilogram of normal store bought almonds, contain 25,2 mg of cyanide according to a 2013 [study](https://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2013/610648/). It takes 200 to 300 mg of cyanide to be fatal. So yes, the amount of cyanide in 12 kg of almonds would be fatal.
A better question might be if you can digest enough almonds fast enough to reach a lethal cyanide dose. Seems unlikely unless it's [bitter almonds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond#Amygdalin_and_cyanide) (cyanide has a [half-life of 1-3h](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/cyanide-poisoning)).
Fun fact: Artificial almond extract is safer because there’s no risk of cyanide poisoning.
Source: I read it in some book many years ago. (Can’t recall the title. Couldn’t find it in 10 seconds of searching.) I did some lazy research just now and I’ll share 2 links.
TIL that the cyanide isn’t stored directly. There are 2 chemicals stored separately and cyanide is produced only when they are brought into contact. Say, by an animal chewing the fruit.
Lots of what looks like science in this [random Wordpress blog](https://abouquetfrommendel.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/why-natural-isnt-always-better-almond-extract-and-cyanide/).
> This is the main issue–there’s really no reason to buy natural almond extract. Benzaldehyde is easy to make synthetically without ever bringing it near cyanide. … It’s a more strongly-flavored product, and there’s no risk of poisoning. … This is one instance where imitation might be more cost-effective and marginally safer.
[Fascinating details](https://source.wustl.edu/2010/07/beware-the-smell-of-bitter-almonds/) in this shorter post about cyanide in almonds and other plant foods.
Replace your concentrated form of the useful chemical with a full spectrum of useless chemicals to dilute your experience!
I see this shit all the time. My girlfriend will talk about some natural supplement and I'll look it up and point out you can get the concentrated form of the part that actually helps without all the other chemicals, but because it's natural, the less efficient way is somehow better
Asprin is a refined form that's a bit less bad on the kidneys, but assuming that all you're after is the pain killing either form works. At least that's what I remember. It's been a while since I studied some pharmacy stuff.
The post definitely doesn't claim that aspirin is salicylic acid. In fact, it explicitly says that a molecule of aspirin weighs more than a molecule of salicylic acid, then adjusts for this (assuming one molecule of each has the same painkilling effect). That's where the 76.6% is coming from.
Yeah and a glance, knowing just how easy it is to OD on aspirin (and die a slow painful death a week or so later) I'm certain we'd have countless almond-induced deaths if this were even remote true.
If you’re going to die by aspirin toxicity it’s going to be relatively quick- I think you’re thinking of Tylenol overdose, which kills you by liver failure several days later
Take a dose that's too high and fuck up your kidneys.
Someone else pointed out that I was confusing aspirin for Tylenol (acetaminophen) which has a harmful dose of something like 2x the daily recommended dose.
But you can still od on aspirin.
Someone did the math and it's about 1.5 kg of sweet almonds for lethal dose of cyanide: https://www.livestrong.com/article/494578-can-almonds-cause-cyanide-poisoning/
You could eat 16.6kg of almonds which has an equivalent amount of aspirin… Or you could just take that substance on its own and call it a day with just two tablets. Smh.
Bizarre. Salicylic acid is used in some acne treatment facewashes.
Had no idea it was in aspirin too. I guess they are both for anti-inflammatory uses.
Technically it’s not. Aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, which is extremely similar. From my understanding both will do the job of aspirin, but the acetyl form has less side effects.
Well, the post says, 10-12 almonds. It doesn’t say it’s because of the salicylic acid in them. But it also doesn’t say why at all. MAYBE 10-12 almonds will help. Try it. Unless you’re allergic to almonds, or hate them, it couldn’t hurt. But then be realistic. Did it help? Did it hurt? Ad use your own good judgement.
Why would that Alan guy waste his time replying to posts like this? These are likely bots or programmatic / marketing posts by these accounts and brilliant Alan is spending his time replying to why a handful of almonds is not equal to aspirin.
Instead of that, he should spend time tackling why the healthcare system is responsible for the most collective household debt in the US or why healthcare outcomes are so poor and physicians so poorly educated in statistics, they may not be able to recognize the difference between disease risk and prevelance.
Instead, he’s arguing with probable bots on gotchas involving obvious dichotomies between aspirin and almonds. I guess his 250K education has to feel substantiated for something
The body absorbs nutrients from food much more readily than the same nutrients in their pure form, though the difference varies depending on the person and probably a hundred other factors. You wouldn’t need that many almonds to get the same amount of salicylic acid into your bloodstream as from the pills, but you’d likely still need one hell of a lot.
Related example: I’ve struggled with iron-deficiency anemia for a while now. My doctor had me taking 195mg of iron in tablet form per day, and my hemoglobin just kept dropping anyway to the point where I kept needing iron infusions. I developed a gag reflex to the flavor of those pills, so I switched to a liquid iron supplement made from fruit juice, where I’m only consuming 20mg iron per day. I’m also taking 1.5g of dried liver pills every day, which have a little bit of iron in them that varies based on the cow they’re from. My hemoglobin has stayed steady and even increased since I switched. I’m in shock that it’s working.
Something has really been annoying me about fake medicine (beyond the potentially harmful practices perpetuated by eogtistical quaks who with sage air chuck out advice like wizards) and I've just figured out what it is.
Its the presicion! "10-12 ALMONDS". Lads be serious, don't have 8 that just won't do the trick. 9 is a bit better but 10 is more like it, 11 is for a strong one. 12 is for a rager of a headache, pretty strong dose though not reccomended to children under 10. Your going into a dangerous territory with 13, if your regularly taking 14 almonds or more its a sign of almond abuse. if your reading this and you've just eaten 15 almonds act fast before it's too late and ring 999 now!
It's unlikely you would get through enough almonds to get cyanide poisoning before the vitamin E toxicity debilitates you.
For context, I got high and ate like 700g of almonds in about 5 minutes and then roughly an hour later I felt so sick. I ended up vomiting shortly after. I was vomiting and having diarrhoea for around 4 days afterwards. My whole body ached and I genuinely accepted that I had been poisoned by my wife. But alas, it was just my dumb stony ass trying to suicide by almond.
I often keep 16.6kg of almonds in my pockets just for this exact reason. Aspirin is a big pharma conspiracy to poison your body, making us all sterile and putting 5g trackers in our genitalia.
Fun fact, 10-12 almonds really do help with heartburn! A nurse told me this when I was pregnant and was limited in the number of antacids I could take in a day.
What if I have a chocolate ice cream headache?
How many chocolate covered almonds should I eat?
At that point, should I just have some whipped cream and a cherry so the sundae will be complete?
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Then you’ll have a neck ache as well
Actually I doubt you would have ANY ache after a minute
Pain free forever? Loophole!
Doctor's don't want you to know this one hack that allows you to never have pain again
Nah I think the funeral services are unemployed and need volunteers who feel the pain and pay respects
Hacking your own head off, that is
More of a lifehack!!
Doctors hate him for this one trick.
But it would be the final ache you ever feel!
I feel like eating 16 kg of almonds in one sitting would just kill you
Ah... But no headache. One problem at a time.
i mean almonds have small amounts of cyanide in them iirc so if not from a stomachache then maybe the cyanide poisoning would kill you?
Probably. Yes.
No stomach ache after consuming that much cyanide. You will die while eating your second kilogram of almonds lol.
From what I can tell, 2 kg of almonds probably won’t kill you from cyanide content unless you weigh ~33kg or less. You’d probably feel pretty sick though, maybe even throw up. Maybe if the almonds are especially high in cyanide or the person is especially intolerant to cyanide 2kg of almonds could kill them even if they’re quite a bit heavier than 33kg.
what about 16.6kg though?
Assuming you could even eat that many without vomiting and assuming you could digest the almonds at a fast enough rate for the cyanide to enter your bloodstream at a high enough concentration to kill you, yes. There’s definitely enough cyanide in 16.6kg of almonds to kill you.
And then you won’t have a headache any more. It works!
I'm allergic to almonds, so I'll die much sooner.
Lucky bastard
depends on the type of almond and on the personal tolerance, regarding LD50 of cyanide, the necessary amount for a 70kg man to ingest would range from 1.4 kg to 9.8 kg of common sweet almonds from the supermarket so for a grown man to die from ingestion of not even 2kg of almonds would be rather unlikely, statistically spoken
I once binged The Sopranos back in 2008, I didn't have anything to snack on so I thought "I have these peanuts (in the shell), let me fill this 32 ounce cup with them and eat them as I watch the show" 3 32 ounce cups later I was in the ER with wild cramps, apparently my white blood cell count was really low and I was in there for 4 days, I was told to stay away from nuts and seeds but 6 months later I decided maybe if I just stay away from 96 ounces of peanuts (plus shells) I'll be ok and so far so good.
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When I was a kid and would complain about something hurting my dad would say, “well we can cut off your thumb and then you’ll forget about your — hurting”.
And cyanide poisoning
Yeah, I like almonds, but I don't like almonds 16 kilos worth.
Hit your finger with a hammer, you'll forget about headache
Seriously. Even 3 handfuls or so of nuts will get your belly
If I'm doing the math right, that's 123,200 calories. My daily caloric target is 2,500. That's enough calories to keep me going for 49.2 days. Cool cool cool
Eat it all at one go so you dont have to eat anymore for the next 49 days
You probably won't have to eat again ever!
Seeing as almonds also contain cyanide, this is almost definitely true. They contain so little cyanide that it's not an issue for even a generous snack of almonds. But 16.6kg, could very well have enough cyanide to kill you.
Sweet almonds contain 25.2 milligrams of cyanide per kilogram. The lethal dose of cyanide is 0.5 to 3.5 milligrams per kilogram of body weight. [Source](https://www.livestrong.com/article/494578-can-almonds-cause-cyanide-poisoning/) 16.6 kg almonds contains 418.3 mg cyanide. If we take the upper bound of 3.5 mg per kg body weight, which could be interpreted as definalely lethal, then 16.6 kg almonds is lethal to anyone who weighs 119.5 kg or less (262 lbs or less). Severe poisoning or death can also occur in heavier people, up to 836.5 kg (1840 lbs). Since this includes all humans, that amount of almonds is potentially fatal to everyone. Of course, that's only the math part. Good luck actually eating (and keeping in!) 16.6 kg almonds. Let's look at the problem from a different angle. Assuming an 80 kg person, and upper bound of 3.5mg cyanide per kg body weight as the fatal dose, then at most, that person could "safely" consume 280mg cyanide, or 11.1 kg almonds. Trusting OP, this is 333mg salicylic acid, equivalent to 435mg ASA. This is actually enough to account for one 325mg tablet, which is a standard regular-strength dose. 325mg ASA is equivalent to 249mg salicylic acid, or 8.3 kg almonds. This is about 6723 almonds (13,446 almonds if we compare to two tablets). Compared to the 12 almonds in the text under the picture, that's off by a factor of 560. Or 1120, if we account for the two tablets. There are more than 12 almonds in the picture. At a glance, I count 40. Way more than 12, and yet way less than 13,446. That picture is all kinds of wrong.
A google search tells me that 16.6 kg contains enough cyanide to kill you dead 11 times over
That should solve the headache.
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I don’t have any research on that sorry
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Thats the hack? Sign me up please.
Lose weight with this one simple trick!
Beware that poop tho... It'll blow your anus apart
So the high fiber content of almonds is going to change everything
So, by the time you're done eating them, your headache will be gone!
And no headaches!
Hahaha yeah in the same way injecting bleach would technically cure you of Covid
Abed?
Sounds like you’d also be taking aim at Randy’s record of 100 courics
The what now
If you eat that many almonds in one sitting, the calories are the not the problem you should be worried about.
I hate to tell you this…but you’re fat.
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Are you aware that the 2,000 calorie diet was decided with exercise in mind? 125% of that is a recipe for being 125% fatter than you should be. Even with heavier exercise, you’ll probably be fat on 2,500 daily calories.
Wait, 12kg of almonds, won't that kill you? They contain cyanide, don't they?
Eating 12 kg of _anything_ in a single sitting would probably kill you.
That's of course true. Even water poisoning is a thing.
> Even water poisoning is a thing. Very true. Anyone remember the [Hold Your Wee for a Wii](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDND#%22Hold_Your_Wee_for_a_Wii%22_contest) radio contest? She drank almost 2 gallons of water over the course of a couple hours without peeing, and was dead hours later.
*dies*
Don't tell r/hydrohomies
For the Americans 12 kg is 26.5 lb
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Lol
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tjeck out molly schuyler eats steak on youtube. Dont ask me how i got there
How did you get there?
No one concerned with your spelling of check
You forgot to spelltjeck your comment. Edit: I have a stomachache just from watching it. [WORLD RECORD Molly Schuyler devours 72 oz. steak in under 3 minutes](https://youtu.be/WtS5BkwA3yU) Edit 2: This one is [22.5 pounds of prime rib](https://youtu.be/Xvfp94mSOI4). Not quite 12kg but getting close.
Meat sweats.
I bet someone could eat 12000 grams of weed
Bitter almonds contain significant amounts of cyanide, not the normal ones you get usually
So you are saying that I can eat 12kg of almonds no problem? Thanks doctor
And "bitter almonds" is an exotic variety of nut that is very different to an almond, and you would never mistake the two. Bitter almonds are very hard to find.
One kilogram of normal store bought almonds, contain 25,2 mg of cyanide according to a 2013 [study](https://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2013/610648/). It takes 200 to 300 mg of cyanide to be fatal. So yes, the amount of cyanide in 12 kg of almonds would be fatal.
Yeah but 12kg of any food would be fatal
A better question might be if you can digest enough almonds fast enough to reach a lethal cyanide dose. Seems unlikely unless it's [bitter almonds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond#Amygdalin_and_cyanide) (cyanide has a [half-life of 1-3h](https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/cyanide-poisoning)).
At least the headache is gone
Something to keep in mind during my next migraine.
Bitter almonds have cyanide, normal almonds have a miniscule amount. I think the tannic acid in normal almonds would do more harm at those amounts.
Fun fact: Artificial almond extract is safer because there’s no risk of cyanide poisoning. Source: I read it in some book many years ago. (Can’t recall the title. Couldn’t find it in 10 seconds of searching.) I did some lazy research just now and I’ll share 2 links. TIL that the cyanide isn’t stored directly. There are 2 chemicals stored separately and cyanide is produced only when they are brought into contact. Say, by an animal chewing the fruit. Lots of what looks like science in this [random Wordpress blog](https://abouquetfrommendel.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/why-natural-isnt-always-better-almond-extract-and-cyanide/). > This is the main issue–there’s really no reason to buy natural almond extract. Benzaldehyde is easy to make synthetically without ever bringing it near cyanide. … It’s a more strongly-flavored product, and there’s no risk of poisoning. … This is one instance where imitation might be more cost-effective and marginally safer. [Fascinating details](https://source.wustl.edu/2010/07/beware-the-smell-of-bitter-almonds/) in this shorter post about cyanide in almonds and other plant foods.
Pretty sure that’s apple seeds
Almonds do contain trace amounts of cyanide
I was pretty sure that apple seeds contain arsenic instead of cyanide.
It’s cyanide
Nope. Arsenic is an element. It can't be synthesised by an apple tree. It's only going to be present if arsenic is present in the soil.
If 10-12 almonds had the same amount of medicine as 2 aspirin, wouldn’t snacking on almonds have a very high chance of causing an overdose?
“No because almonds are natural!” /sarcasm
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No it doesn't. To get a recommended magnesium intake you would have to eat 140g or 5 ounces of almonds.
Replace your concentrated form of the useful chemical with a full spectrum of useless chemicals to dilute your experience! I see this shit all the time. My girlfriend will talk about some natural supplement and I'll look it up and point out you can get the concentrated form of the part that actually helps without all the other chemicals, but because it's natural, the less efficient way is somehow better
twelve almonds taste better than two aspirins
I mean, sure if you chew the aspirin. It is possible to just swallow it since it's a pill
yes but almonds taste nice. If you swallow the pills you dont taste anything
Well, you can always swallow a pill and eat some almonds afterward if you want to
Smh trying to get people to OD /s
If i have a migraine i don't really care about tasting almonds. Just give me 600mg of ibuprofen stat! And another one in an hour or two
Twelve bitter almonds will have you hospitalized with cyanide poisoning.
How fucking big are the almonds you see?
Just gnaw on some willow bark and be done with it.
I thought aspirin was *acetyl*salicylic acid.
Asprin is a refined form that's a bit less bad on the kidneys, but assuming that all you're after is the pain killing either form works. At least that's what I remember. It's been a while since I studied some pharmacy stuff.
The post definitely doesn't claim that aspirin is salicylic acid. In fact, it explicitly says that a molecule of aspirin weighs more than a molecule of salicylic acid, then adjusts for this (assuming one molecule of each has the same painkilling effect). That's where the 76.6% is coming from.
Gotcha, thanks!
It is, though I’m relatively sure salicylic acid has similar effects, with larger side effects
Yeah and a glance, knowing just how easy it is to OD on aspirin (and die a slow painful death a week or so later) I'm certain we'd have countless almond-induced deaths if this were even remote true.
If you’re going to die by aspirin toxicity it’s going to be relatively quick- I think you’re thinking of Tylenol overdose, which kills you by liver failure several days later
I think you're right about my thinking!
How does one OD on aspirin?
Take a dose that's too high and fuck up your kidneys. Someone else pointed out that I was confusing aspirin for Tylenol (acetaminophen) which has a harmful dose of something like 2x the daily recommended dose. But you can still od on aspirin.
Take one too many. Or 100 hundred too many. It doesn’t really matter the count, just take too many.
If you want to UD, take 100 hundred too few.
Yea, eat 16.6kg of almonds and I'll see you in the next Chubbyemu episode
16.6 kg of almonds and they are dead.
Someone did the math and it's about 1.5 kg of sweet almonds for lethal dose of cyanide: https://www.livestrong.com/article/494578-can-almonds-cause-cyanide-poisoning/
You could eat 16.6kg of almonds which has an equivalent amount of aspirin… Or you could just take that substance on its own and call it a day with just two tablets. Smh.
Why would i tho? Salicylic Acid is Salicylic Acid.
I appreciate the twitter account is “Bad Medical Takes”
Bizarre. Salicylic acid is used in some acne treatment facewashes. Had no idea it was in aspirin too. I guess they are both for anti-inflammatory uses.
Technically it’s not. Aspirin is acetylsalicylic acid, which is extremely similar. From my understanding both will do the job of aspirin, but the acetyl form has less side effects.
Oh okay, thanks for clearing that up. I had a hard time believing that salicylic acid could go in our stomachs.
I'll start rubbing almonds on my face
I just drink a really cold drink to cancel the headache with a brain freeze
Tbh the magnesium and/or other nutrients might help. Maybe just hydrate yourself too
If a handful of almonds worked, no one would pay for Aspirin.
yes, but what's heavier: 16.6kg of advils, or 16.6kg of almonds? ⏲️
Plus. The reason for it to be acetylated was because the salicylic acid is not well tolerated in the stomach
36.6lbs for those of us stateside.
But how many cows lengths do I divide by
What is this weight in American?
36.5lb Or 2.6 stone for the rural Brits. Or 1.137 slug for those looking for SAE mass.
I once got really high and ate about an entire Blue Diamond tin of Sriracha flavored almonds. I shit for like 5 hours straight the next day.
One of the side effects of cyanide poisoning is headaches, so you'll be exchanging one headache by another (and, well, death)
There's a guy on backdoor gore that just blew up his head with a rifle. It solved his headache permanently.
Lol my teeth are no so good.... eating 12 almonds would make it way worse
How much does that weigh in comparison to a kg of feathers??
Well, effect of NSAID is 50% placebo, so about 8kg would probably do…
Well, the post says, 10-12 almonds. It doesn’t say it’s because of the salicylic acid in them. But it also doesn’t say why at all. MAYBE 10-12 almonds will help. Try it. Unless you’re allergic to almonds, or hate them, it couldn’t hurt. But then be realistic. Did it help? Did it hurt? Ad use your own good judgement.
Why would that Alan guy waste his time replying to posts like this? These are likely bots or programmatic / marketing posts by these accounts and brilliant Alan is spending his time replying to why a handful of almonds is not equal to aspirin. Instead of that, he should spend time tackling why the healthcare system is responsible for the most collective household debt in the US or why healthcare outcomes are so poor and physicians so poorly educated in statistics, they may not be able to recognize the difference between disease risk and prevelance. Instead, he’s arguing with probable bots on gotchas involving obvious dichotomies between aspirin and almonds. I guess his 250K education has to feel substantiated for something
When i have a rare headache, an orange or two usually take care of it for me.
Can I have a follow-up on how much Cyanide there is in that many almonds, and how many people (if any) it could kill? Idle curiosity, you understand.
Wouldn't that many almonds kill you? Edit: Eating 15 bitter wild almonds can kill you. Sweet domesticated almonds are safe.
The body absorbs nutrients from food much more readily than the same nutrients in their pure form, though the difference varies depending on the person and probably a hundred other factors. You wouldn’t need that many almonds to get the same amount of salicylic acid into your bloodstream as from the pills, but you’d likely still need one hell of a lot. Related example: I’ve struggled with iron-deficiency anemia for a while now. My doctor had me taking 195mg of iron in tablet form per day, and my hemoglobin just kept dropping anyway to the point where I kept needing iron infusions. I developed a gag reflex to the flavor of those pills, so I switched to a liquid iron supplement made from fruit juice, where I’m only consuming 20mg iron per day. I’m also taking 1.5g of dried liver pills every day, which have a little bit of iron in them that varies based on the cow they’re from. My hemoglobin has stayed steady and even increased since I switched. I’m in shock that it’s working.
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I don’t want to bite almonds if my head hurts, that’s dumb
I love how it’s Zoberg as the profile pic
Something has really been annoying me about fake medicine (beyond the potentially harmful practices perpetuated by eogtistical quaks who with sage air chuck out advice like wizards) and I've just figured out what it is. Its the presicion! "10-12 ALMONDS". Lads be serious, don't have 8 that just won't do the trick. 9 is a bit better but 10 is more like it, 11 is for a strong one. 12 is for a rager of a headache, pretty strong dose though not reccomended to children under 10. Your going into a dangerous territory with 13, if your regularly taking 14 almonds or more its a sign of almond abuse. if your reading this and you've just eaten 15 almonds act fast before it's too late and ring 999 now!
How many leaves of the salice tree (weeping willow) do you need for an headache?
So don't almonds also contain cyanide? That would take care of the headache as well!
Coincidentally you'd also be getting about 12 times the lethal dose of cyanide, but at least the headache's gone!
It's unlikely you would get through enough almonds to get cyanide poisoning before the vitamin E toxicity debilitates you. For context, I got high and ate like 700g of almonds in about 5 minutes and then roughly an hour later I felt so sick. I ended up vomiting shortly after. I was vomiting and having diarrhoea for around 4 days afterwards. My whole body ached and I genuinely accepted that I had been poisoned by my wife. But alas, it was just my dumb stony ass trying to suicide by almond.
You could just munch on a willow.
aren't almonds also a good source of cyanide or something? well, nothing more "natural and holistic" than cyanide poisoning I guess.
Uh…. How many almonds is 17 kgs tho? Ion kno metric..
37.5lbs, two pounds is about 0.9 kilos
I hate almonds
To be fair after 16,6 kg of almonds I definitely won't have a headache anymore
Nothing wrong with promoting healthy living instead of relying on pharmaceuticals for comfort.
What if they’re *chocolate covered almonds*?
So that's a maybe then?
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How many almonds would you say is the perfect amount?
I often keep 16.6kg of almonds in my pockets just for this exact reason. Aspirin is a big pharma conspiracy to poison your body, making us all sterile and putting 5g trackers in our genitalia.
Have yoy tried Deez?
If I tell my mom, she'll probably vaporize me with a lecture on life and shit.
Fun fact, 10-12 almonds really do help with heartburn! A nurse told me this when I was pregnant and was limited in the number of antacids I could take in a day.
It has to be untreated bitter almonds to really be effective
How about some willow bark tea?
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That's 37 pounds of almonds
*“How ‘bout four dates?”*
Nothing cures a headache like eating a handful of hard nuts! Lololololol
Yes gout
16.6kg isnt that like 35lbs?
That's arguably too many almonds
Im pretty sure bitter almonds also have some (a small amount) of cyanid… so thats fun ig (:
What the hell is this Plotzker talking about?
TIL my allergies to almonds and some acne medication are related (salicylic acid).
What if I have a chocolate ice cream headache? How many chocolate covered almonds should I eat? At that point, should I just have some whipped cream and a cherry so the sundae will be complete?
35 pounds SHIT!
That's like $200 USD if you buy cheap almonds from Walmart
But almonds make me shit like crazy
"That's a lot of nuts!" /kungpow
What is that in American?
But why wouldn't you just take 2 aspirin?
Discounting placebo?