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Man dies after eating bag of licorice every day for a few weeks – The Guardian
A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life, doctors say
A Massachusetts construction workers 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 mans 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, fou…
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