Almost every jar of pickles claims a serving of pickles has zero calories. Now clearly, this is incorrect and the result of exploiting some ridiculous FDA loophole, since anyone knows that cucumbers provide calories.

So let's say you're in a situation where you lose all access to food, but you've got effectively unlimited access to pickles -- like, you're trapped inside a recently abandoned pickle warehouse.

Could you conceivably eat enough pickles to survive for a month? Two months? Or would your body just shut down from all the sodium and acid?

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[–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Stomach acid is also why people with some eating disorders like bulimia have badly eroded teeth. The acid from throwing up constantly eats away at your teeth.

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    Yep. I'm always careful to rinse my mouth thoroughly after barfing, even if still nauseous

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just don't immediately brush! It weakens your enamel, so swish and spit, and wait like half an hour to brush

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