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Massachusetts man dies after eating bags of black licorice – 7NEWS.com.au
Doctors have reported the case in hope of raising attention to the risk.
A Massachusetts construction workers love of black licorice has wound up costing him his life.
The 54-year-old would eat a bag and a half every day for a few weeks – a habit that threw his nutrients out of whack and caused his heart to stop, doctors reported on Wednesday.
Even a small amount of licorice you eat can increase your blood pressure a little bit, Dr Neel Butala, a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, said in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The problem is glycyrrhizi…
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