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You’re assuming that a werewolf can’t eat chocolate when a wolf
You’re assuming that wolves can’t eat chocolate (might be true, Idk if that’s specifically a domesticated dog thing or true of other canids as well)
I’m not familiar with any kinds of werewolves that are not the result of essentially "magic" (read: often cursed somehow, but always supernatural entities if not explicitly "magic" entities), so I wouldn’t assume that they have the same biological problems with chocolate that regular wolves do (assuming regular wolves have them) unless that were part of the specific lore about that version of a werewolf.
I’d go with yes. The enzymes to process the theobromine would still be produced when human, I assume.
It should even be fine if they eat it as a wolf, as the enzymes from their human metabolism are presumably still around. They might have to be careful right after transforming back to human though, if the levels are depleted.
Yes.
Because it’s less that chocolate is unusually toxic to dogs, and more that humans ar unusually able to process it. Therefore, humans have an immunity to chocolate, and that doesn’t go away when you are a werewolf.
Yes they can. Dog can eat it but it’s toxic and can kill them. Also depends on what kind. “Real” chocolate is what causes the issue.
My guess is it depends on what digestive system is digesting the chocolate at that time. Canines lack the enzymes necessary to properly metabolize theobromine, leading to a buildup of the substance in their system.
Example, if as a human they eat it and turn, they might get sick. If as a werewolf they eat it and turn into human, they should be fine.
I doubt they have same metabolism as dogs or wolfs, so wouldn’t be a problem for them.
If someone can regenerate a limb, food poisoning shouldn’t be a big deal
Which universe are we in? Because if we are in the Harry Potter universe, then the answer is 100% yes as we see it happening. Remus Lupin is a werewolf and chocolate is one of his favorite delicacies.
Depends what type of chocolate and how much and how much they weigh.
The toxin is theobromine. There’s barely any in white chocolate. More in dark chocolate than milk chocolate. More in cocoa powder than dark chocolate (so need to eat a certain amount of chocolate brownies or Bourbon biscuits)
Eating a triple chocolate cookie means you have to take into account how much milk and dark chocolate and cocoa powder together.
So yes a werewolf can eat a lot of chocolate whilst human!
First, let us agree that werewolves are not real. Having said that, I believe it depends on the author of their universe. For example, in the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs, werewolves exist, and when in human form they love brownies made by Mercy, who makes them with orange oil. When they are in wolf form, they eat meat.
I don’t really see why werewolves can’t eat chocolate whenever they’re in human form. There’s no law that bans them from doing so. Not that there are any laws about werewolves lol but you know what I mean. It could be a great break from their raw meat diet whenever they are in wolf form.
My werewolves can eat chocolate, but as a counter point, any werewolf will react to eating chocolate in the same way as anyone who has Celiac/Coeliac disease – to put it lightly, they will have a bad time.
Werewolves are commonly depicted as being able to rapidly heal from everything except fire and silver, even in human form (and sometimes the plant Wolf’s Bane I think). So yes, even if chocolate was poisonous to them they’d presumably just heal through it.
It depends on the amount. The average wolf (100 pounds) would need to consume around 70 ounces of milk chocolate to die from it, so a warewolf (depending on the version, so for the sake of argument, I’ll put the warewolf at a 200 pounds) would have to consume 140 ounces of chocolate to be brought to death.
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how much chocolate can a human have before it impacts a hungry werewolf?
Even though he hands it out quite a lot in the Harry Potter books, Remus Lupin never actually eats any himself.
Yes. The better question is what if they eat it right before transforming.
After all, there’s a whole month between full moons.
I wonder if a werewolf eats and gorges itself then turns human, suddenly he has a lot of raw meat in his stomach
Since when did shower thoughts start allowing question posts?
Anyway…
I’m not familiar with any kinds of werewolves that are not the result of essentially "magic" (read: often cursed somehow, but always supernatural entities if not explicitly "magic" entities), so I wouldn’t assume that they have the same biological problems with chocolate that regular wolves do (assuming regular wolves have them) unless that were part of the specific lore about that version of a werewolf.
His werewolf side dies and he turns into a normal human?
No, also off the menu: grapes and raisins
I’d go with yes. The enzymes to process the theobromine would still be produced when human, I assume.
It should even be fine if they eat it as a wolf, as the enzymes from their human metabolism are presumably still around. They might have to be careful right after transforming back to human though, if the levels are depleted.
I think they can. Does silver affect a werewolf in human form?
Yes.
Because it’s less that chocolate is unusually toxic to dogs, and more that humans ar unusually able to process it. Therefore, humans have an immunity to chocolate, and that doesn’t go away when you are a werewolf.
My head canon is that’s one of the tells of a werewolf, they say they don’t like anything chocolate but they really can’t have it.
Explains why they are so angry.
If once a month you woke up covered in shit you would be angry too.
Yes they can. Dog can eat it but it’s toxic and can kill them. Also depends on what kind. “Real” chocolate is what causes the issue.
My guess is it depends on what digestive system is digesting the chocolate at that time. Canines lack the enzymes necessary to properly metabolize theobromine, leading to a buildup of the substance in their system.
Example, if as a human they eat it and turn, they might get sick. If as a werewolf they eat it and turn into human, they should be fine.
Yes. They’d be able to eat it in werewolf form too, as they would have to eat tens of pounds of chocolate to even get just sick from the theobromine.
I doubt they have same metabolism as dogs or wolfs, so wouldn’t be a problem for them.
If someone can regenerate a limb, food poisoning shouldn’t be a big deal
Remus Lupin has entered the chat.
Which universe are we in? Because if we are in the Harry Potter universe, then the answer is 100% yes as we see it happening. Remus Lupin is a werewolf and chocolate is one of his favorite delicacies.
Werewolves are fully human when human
Considering chocolate isn’t silver bullets they can probably eat it when in werewolf form.
What about grapes. Or wine. Can we just force them to drink wine?
Depends what type of chocolate and how much and how much they weigh.
The toxin is theobromine. There’s barely any in white chocolate. More in dark chocolate than milk chocolate. More in cocoa powder than dark chocolate (so need to eat a certain amount of chocolate brownies or Bourbon biscuits)
Eating a triple chocolate cookie means you have to take into account how much milk and dark chocolate and cocoa powder together.
So yes a werewolf can eat a lot of chocolate whilst human!
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I’d like to think their diet is in between human and werewolf. So they can’t eat chocolate or raw meat (except steak tartare I guess) in either form
First, let us agree that werewolves are not real. Having said that, I believe it depends on the author of their universe. For example, in the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs, werewolves exist, and when in human form they love brownies made by Mercy, who makes them with orange oil. When they are in wolf form, they eat meat.
Werewolves probably can eat chocolate as humans…
But what if it lingers in the system and makes the wolf form shit its soul out at moonrise?
Imagine transforming under a full moon and your first primal instinct is explosive regret because past-you had a Snickers.
This is why supernatural lore needs dieticians.
did you just discover how to reveal werewolves without killing the person?
I’m pretty sure they couldn’t because they’re most likely carnivores.
They have to plan around a full moon. Could be deadly to shape shift with chocolate still in the body.
What if they’re just deadly allergic as human?
I don’t really see why werewolves can’t eat chocolate whenever they’re in human form. There’s no law that bans them from doing so. Not that there are any laws about werewolves lol but you know what I mean. It could be a great break from their raw meat diet whenever they are in wolf form.
The bigger question is, can a werewolf be vegetarian when human?
As long as it isn’t Hershey’s Kisses, I suppose
My werewolves can eat chocolate, but as a counter point, any werewolf will react to eating chocolate in the same way as anyone who has Celiac/Coeliac disease – to put it lightly, they will have a bad time.
According to Harry Potter, they love chocolate when human.
I feel like it’d be fine in either state since the human side would take precedence for health & shit.
Werewolves are commonly depicted as being able to rapidly heal from everything except fire and silver, even in human form (and sometimes the plant Wolf’s Bane I think). So yes, even if chocolate was poisonous to them they’d presumably just heal through it.
It depends on the amount. The average wolf (100 pounds) would need to consume around 70 ounces of milk chocolate to die from it, so a warewolf (depending on the version, so for the sake of argument, I’ll put the warewolf at a 200 pounds) would have to consume 140 ounces of chocolate to be brought to death.
That’s a lot of chocolate.