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

Post by nkozyra » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 2:14 AM UTC

guenthert wrote: post #181

WorldMaker wrote: post #120

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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 li…

> (Not many people like salty licorice, given a choice.) That's about as sensible as saying "Not many people like salty popcorn".

Post by Smoosh » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 2:15 AM UTC

copperx wrote: post #96

jdofaz wrote: post #77

Dr. Hibbert: Another broccoli-related death. Marge: But I thought broccoli was— Dr. Hibbert: Oh yes. One of the deadliest plants on Earth. Why, it tries to warn you itself with its terrible taste. I feel the same about Liquorice

I have always wondered whether liquorice is an acquired taste. I find it vile, and I'm glad for that.

Post by vmception » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 2:16 AM UTC

sfjailbird wrote: post #101

Wistar wrote: 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…

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,…

Post by paulcole » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 2:22 AM UTC

vmception wrote: post #245

sfjailbird wrote: post #101

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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,…

On a similar note, I used to not smoke anything but gladly partake in a hookah pipe while out, I liked the different flavors and assumed the “fog” was benign. I stopped AS SOON AS I heard about how much worse hookah was. I had no clue and am completely appalled at the lack of warnings. I’ve met many other people that say the same thing. I still don't smoke anything, and also cut hookah out.

Post by asiachick » Fri, Sep 25, 2020, 2:28 AM UTC

rvieira wrote: post #29

mikecoles wrote: post #2

I did some looking into what made black licorice taste so good and to see if enjoying it was genetic. I was surprised to find out it can be toxic. All of these years my grandfather and I have been poisoning each other. Guess we should celebrate we survived it with a pint of sarsaparilla.

I find it incredible that some people enjoy liquorice (the stuff tastes vile to me). Ironically, I know some people that think the same of me when I tell them I love cilantro.