Posted on 09/24/2020 4:21:40 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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 whack and caused the 54-year-old man’s heart to stop,
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) warnsProbably a covid coverup?
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Shall I assume that the guy was not feeling well and kept on chowing down on the stuff rather than just feeling great and suddenly dropped dead?
Was it black or red? Black licorice matters.
A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life.
Thank goodness he wasn’t a train engineer.
I knew red licorice was better.
Black candies matter!!
Especially those crap vines. Probably take about four of those to equal the amount of licorice in one piece of decent candy.
GMTA!
The sight of black licorice can almost kill me.
Horrible tasting stuff as i recall as a kid.
I thought they used anise seed instead of real licorice root in licorice candy.
He should have bought the cheap stuff.
In what world is this even reasonable? If it wasn’t licorice, it would’ve been something else that took him out.
Switzer’s Black Licorice is candy heroin - Cracker Barrel sells it
I gotta cut back on my consumption of ouzo.
From the article:
He collapsed while having lunch at a fast-food restaurant.
But the licorice killed him. Hmmmm
There is no such thing as red licorice. And most of what you find as black licorice is not really licorice
I love the real thing, there’s a brand sold in the United States called Panda which is the real thing and it is exquisite.
The Chinese use licorice root in teas and a number of other things for health purposes. And there is documented evidence of it causing these problems by consuming too much of it.
But the only thing that’s going to happen to you if you eat a bunch of black Twizzlers is rotten teeth and type 2 diabetes LOL
They should try some hakarl followed by a shot of Brennivin.
Hákarl is a national dish of Iceland consisting of a Greenland shark or other sleeper shark which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for four to five months. It has a strong ammonia-rich smell and fishy taste, making hákarl an acquired taste.
Brennivín
is a clear, unsweetened schnapps that is considered to be Iceland’s signature distilled beverage.
Wikipedia
Perhaps it is the short days and lack of sunlight at the higher latitudes driving them to invent flavorful food and drink?
I ate it, then chased it with the shot.
Lucky for me I was already drunk.
I had just played a trivia game with lesbian teammates in The Big Lebowski Bar. A typical Tuesday...
Oh man, now I need some chips and sala.
And some Coca-Cola. And some tacos.
burp
Licorice is foul.
I’ll take Nerds, Starburst, or Skittles.
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