mrjuju said:
Its an old urban legend. The story goes that a man killed someone, and claimed that, because he ate too many twinkies, he became hyperglycimic and was no longer in control of his actions. While arguments have been made for the hyperglycimia defence (and to an extent they can work), it has never been successfuly argued (nor attempted that i know of) that snack foods, or food in general can cause temporary insanity.
also, props to Stof. |
It's not an urban legend it's misconstrued. Twinkies were brought into evidence in the Harvey Milk/ George Moscone killings by Dan White. The "Twinkie Defense" had nothing to do with blood sugar in reality but it was to show that White was normally a really healthy guy and he had started to eat junk food and get depressed etc. He was only charged with manslaughter in the end. After he got out he commited suicide.
