
Operation Gratitude Halloween Candy Buyback (halloweencandybuyback.com) November 2-6, 2015 includes over 100 dentists and merchants in California offering up to $1/pound for your candy. Military serving overseas receive care packages filled with the candy, tooth brushes, letters of appreciation and other items. Founded in 2003 by Californian Carolyn Blashek in her living room, the one millionth package was handed to a service member on a ship in December 2013. More than 150,000 packages are sent each year.

Can Halloween candy kill you if you eat too much? Here are some long-term effects of sugar. The main thing that happens when kids eating too much candy at Halloween is that it robs them of essential nutrients available in other foods. Most kids will get sick, feel terrible and experience a sugar crash once the body releases insulin and their blood sugar level tanks. Overeating tends to be self-limiting–once you get sick, you’ll stop eating.
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