Step away from the black licorice loons. The Food and Drug Administration are claiming that glycyrrhizin used to sweeten licorice can seriously mess with your heart if you eat too much. Heart palpitations, heart attacks and not to mention seriously black teeth can be a direct result of over indulging. That thing called Glycyrrhizin causes the kidneys to excrete potassium, leaving your body with lower levels of it, which will make your heart skip a beat or pound harder than a heavy metal drummer. Either way just put down those licorice allsorts and have a Coke!
Licorice Can Kill
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…which is loaded with caffeine. And that will speed up your heart, give you the sweats, and generally mess with your mind all night. You can’t win.
That’s why I eat only wine gums. And chocolate, of course. Licorice is evil!