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    Man dies after eating bag of licorice every day for a few weeks




    A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life, doctors say


    A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. Eating a bag and a half every day for a few weeks threw his nutrients out of balance and caused the 54-year-old man’s heart to stop, doctors reported.“Even a small amount of licorice you eat can increase your blood pressure a little bit,” said Dr Neel Butala, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital who described the case in the New England Journal of Medicine.

    The problem is glycyrrhizic acid, found in black licorice and in many other foods and dietary supplements containing licorice root extract. It can cause dangerously low potassium and imbalances in other minerals, principally electrolytes.Eating as little as 2 ounces of black licorice a day for two weeks could cause a heart rhythm problem, especially for people over the age of 40, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns.

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    Hmmm...must have been real licorice. GLA is used as a supplement to help soothe tummy problems -- I wonder if that's why the guy was eating so much of it.
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    Man, I love black licorice but I don't eat it very often. I know the extract is toxic in high doses but that's kind of surprising that small amounts over time would kill him, although I guess it makes sense when you think about it.
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    I HATED black licorice when i was a kid...but then about 10 years ago, i developed a taste for it. It was weird. STILL Hate Horehound. ICK

    Beer too.. Always hated it but after my third baby I developed a taste for it. That could have something to do with three kids..i don't know. LOL

    During pregnancies I would suddenly hate coffee and love tea and vice versa. Now about 2 years ago, I couldn't stand coffee. I'm only just now drinking it again but sporadically. My cholesterol levels dropped after giving up coffee.

    oh..and you're right. DGL is for tummy issues. But i'll bet he had an undiagnosed heart issue as well that he didn't know about.

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    I imagine he thought it was a good source of energy for him while he is working. You can sit on it. You can wash it off. It's pretty indestructible. If it wasn't for what the article points out then I would have thought it the perfect snack for this type of job.

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    I have always loved black licorice and I do enjoy it every so often, but not to the extent that it would be dangerous.
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