KFI- While everyone has a favorite sweet treat they look forward to on Halloween, there’s a sizable piece of the population who just can’t stand black licorice candy. But, believe it or not, there are plenty of people out there who love the tangy taste of black licorice, but, those people should know, that candy could be harmful to your health.
According to a consumer alert issued by the FDA, black licorice candy sometimes contains a substance known as glycyrrhizin, which comes from the root of a shrub found in Greece, Turkey and other parts of Asia. Health experts say people who eat high amounts of foods with glycyrrhizin can see their potassium levels fall dramatically, causing abnormal heart rhythms, high blood pressure, edema (swelling) and even congestive heart failure. read more
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I hate the stuff anyway.
Says the same clowns who claimed butter was bad.
Anise, Sambuca and Ouzo,,,
Nope, now glad I’ve never been a fan.
But that grape and cherry shoestring will be the golden bee-bees for me.
It’s only bad for you if you fry it.
Obama sure seemed to love that black licorice. He kept his mouth stuffed with it.
Australian red for me.
I think I see the problem that raises health concerns. People are eating mosquito coils.
As a kid I used to buy licorice root, at the red wagon country store in Chatham Center, it looked like a stick off a tree. I’m still alive, I think.
Thirty years ago I use to love Haribo Piratos, an extremely strong, salt licorice shaped like a coin. I also enjoyed giving them to obnoxious salesmen I didn’t particularly care for, who of course would try to eat them just to get on your good side, and then watch them struggle and gag on the stuff! That shit would blow a hose to my heart if I ate them today!
The FDA released a Report on Black Licorice in October..I’ll see if
I can find it…..Here it is.
FDA REPORT ON BLACK LICORICE
FDA: It tastes like Sh*t
Will it steal my phone and Nike’s after it kills me?
Stay away from the little pastries the Palestinians hand out too. They’re to die for.
Black Licorice Jelly beans rule?!!!
You can keep the string stuff
I think I will send a box of black licorice to Nancy Pelosi.
Attach a note” “To your health”
I like black licorice in small amounts. And once upon a time a Baskin Robbins in Seattle had black licorice ice cream. I was 18 and my best friend and I were in Seattle at Hec Edmunson Pavilion for the State HS wrestling championships in March of 1971 and we stopped at Baskin Robbins and the black licorice ice cream didn’t kill me or make me sick.
It turns your poop black.
Red Vines brand black licorice is OK, but that Twizzlers shit sucks.
Figures it’s everywhere, but RV black licorice is hard to find.
Old news. This has been known for decades. People with heart conditions have been warned about this since at least the 70’s and probably earlier.
I would have patients come in with low blood pressure. After making sure that a serious disease process was not present, I would recommend licorice. It worked. But it has to be European licorice as American is fake.
Sounds like a real good time to send some to Bernie!