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Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

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Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

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And here in South America I think I have never tried liquorice even once. That and root beer. I don't know if I will like the taste, I just want to know it. EDIT: Why the downvotes? If could buy that stuff I would have!

If you go to your local Scandinavian meetup after the pandemic, people may have some.

You can also get it in Rio: https://produto.mercadolivre.com.br/MLB-1513513626-tiras-alc...

Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

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I was surprised to see how clearly the FDA recommends against black licorice consumption. https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/black-licoric... > If you’re 40 or older, eating 2 ounces of black licorice a day for at least two weeks could land you in the hospital with an irregular heart rhythm or arrhythmia. I love black licorice but as far as I'm concerned that's enough of a reason to do without. Just becau…

Twizzlers aren't exactly Pomfrey (Pontefract) cakes. You'd really need to go to town on them. On t'other hand, if you pick through Allsorts to avoid the more creamy ones (ugh), or actually dealing with Pomfrey cakes (or their other Nothern European relatives) you really have to watch it. But then, if you're doing 60-ish grams of any sweet daily, you might want to rethink your diet.

Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

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Strong black licorice, "lakrids," abounds in Denmark. My brother visited me when I was living there and ate a pound or so of little, tobacco-pipe shaped licorice in an afternoon. He got profoundly ill with a racing heartbeat, lightheaded, dizzy and nauseous. I almost took him to the hospital but he refused. It took a couple of days before he felt good enough to get out of the apartment. Sometime after, I mentioned th…

I went to the doctor with acute high blood pressure that appeared out of nowhere. Symptoms were an untreatable headache and swelling in the facial region, lasting for a few days. In the end, I figured out that the cause was eating a big package of the same soft sweet black licorice. I even kept eating it during symptoms, making the condition worse. My main reaction, after learning that the licorice could cause this,…

I had a similar issue with the acute HBP out of nowhere and constant headaches. My liver levels were also all out of whack. I never figure out what caused it but it did resolve after several weeks. My BP and liver are completely normal now. The best I could do was narrow it down to recently starting to drink a ton of green tea or some supplements that I had started taking. I just cut it all out and it went away.

Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

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An old timer in his early 50s?

Why not. Groundskeeper (manual labor) at 50, when you could presumably start that job at 16. At 16, anything over 40 (visible signs of aging) is an ol’timer

Especially when you have a job that uses a lot of seasonal teenage labor. You end up with one group of employees who is "young" (16-early 20s) and works there in the summer, and one group that is "old" (25+) and works there year round.

Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

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Strong black licorice, "lakrids," abounds in Denmark. My brother visited me when I was living there and ate a pound or so of little, tobacco-pipe shaped licorice in an afternoon. He got profoundly ill with a racing heartbeat, lightheaded, dizzy and nauseous. I almost took him to the hospital but he refused. It took a couple of days before he felt good enough to get out of the apartment. Sometime after, I mentioned th…

Ah Then purpose of the salty licorice with ammonium chloride must be to prevent people from consuming too much in one sitting. Usually I can only make it 2/3rd through a single piece before the ammonia flavor is too over powering.

It's so strange to me as a Scandinavian to read this. We love that stuff

Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

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> what made black licorice taste so good It's amazing that people can have such different tastes. I absolutely hate the taste of black licorice. Though the act of poisoning yourself and others for fun is an extremely normalized behavior, and has been for thousands of years. We just call it drinking (alcohol).

“I absolutely hate the taste of black licorice.“ Liquorice is an acquired taste ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquired_taste ). You have to learn to like it.

> You have to learn to like it.

This is absolutely untrue.

Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

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I've been eating a small handful of gluten-free licorice daily for the last couple of months.. dang.

Is liquorice derived from wheat?

No, but the candy has to have some kind of structural element.

Re: Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day

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post #70

Strong black licorice, "lakrids," abounds in Denmark. My brother visited me when I was living there and ate a pound or so of little, tobacco-pipe shaped licorice in an afternoon. He got profoundly ill with a racing heartbeat, lightheaded, dizzy and nauseous. I almost took him to the hospital but he refused. It took a couple of days before he felt good enough to get out of the apartment. Sometime after, I mentioned th…

Ah Then purpose of the salty licorice with ammonium chloride must be to prevent people from consuming too much in one sitting. Usually I can only make it 2/3rd through a single piece before the ammonia flavor is too over powering.

The origin of salty licorice was as a throat lozenge (same reason a singer might gargle salt water ever so often to keep their throat healthy) in cold/freezing fishing waters. (The salt was the important bit, the licorice was just the flavor the fisherman really like to make it sweeter and easier to chew.) It wasn't invented to be an appetite suppressor, though for a lot of people it certainly is. (Not many people like salty licorice, given a choice.) (Also, ironically, salt in general is not an appetite suppressant and there are documentaries about why salt was added to so many foods to increase consumption.)
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