Comments on: Dangers of licorice http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 15:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Dane http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1263832 Dane Sun, 06 Nov 2011 15:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1263832 Yes, PaulR, I did plenty of googling. What I am asking about is licorice ROOT, not licorice SWEETS. Google has plenty of information on licorice sweets, which are made from licorice extract, but not on licorice root. Licorice tea is made from the root, not the extract. If you think licorice extract has the same chemical content ratio as licorice root, maybe you should do some more googling. Yes, PaulR, I did plenty of googling. What I am asking about is licorice ROOT, not licorice SWEETS. Google has plenty of information on licorice sweets, which are made from licorice extract, but not on licorice root. Licorice tea is made from the root, not the extract. If you think licorice extract has the same chemical content ratio as licorice root, maybe you should do some more googling.

]]> By: ECG Online http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1263125 ECG Online Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1263125 But if you have a medical condition called POTS, Postural Orthastatic Tachcardia this stuff can help with keeping your Blood pressure up. it's acts in the same way as a drug called Fludrocortisone (a steroid) which robs your potassium and turns it to salt, or whatever it does it has the same effect. Liquorice is natures equivalent of this drug. To much of any mineral can cause palpitations, potassium, salt or magnesium But if you have a medical condition called POTS, Postural Orthastatic Tachcardia this stuff can help with keeping your Blood pressure up. it’s acts in the same way as a drug called Fludrocortisone (a steroid) which robs your potassium and turns it to salt, or whatever it does it has the same effect. Liquorice is natures equivalent of this drug.

To much of any mineral can cause palpitations, potassium, salt or magnesium

]]> By: Culturedropout http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1261127 Culturedropout Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1261127    

]]> By: areaman70 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1261027 areaman70 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1261027 This is just such ancient "news".  There are medicinal uses of licorice and preparations of deglycyrrhizinated licorice were made available about 15-20 years ago at least. This is just such ancient “news”.  There are medicinal uses of licorice and preparations of deglycyrrhizinated licorice were made available about 15-20 years ago at least.

]]> By: Aaron Swain http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260752 Aaron Swain Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260752 I'm tellin'!  Maggie's gonna kick your ass for spreading all this anti-licorice propaganda... I’m tellin’!  Maggie’s gonna kick your ass for spreading all this anti-licorice propaganda…

]]> By: William http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260589 William Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260589 "Yes, but the only people that eat black licorice are frighteningly close to death anyway." And that's the true origin of the saying, "once you go black, you never come back". People think it's a race thing. Silly non-licorice eaters. “Yes, but the only people that eat black licorice are frighteningly close to death anyway.”

And that’s the true origin of the saying, “once you go black, you never come back”. People think it’s a race thing. Silly non-licorice eaters.

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260445 oasisob1 Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260445 Hi. :-) Hi. :-)

]]> By: Vic Tanner http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260440 Vic Tanner Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260440 Yes, but the only people that eat black licorice are frighteningly close to death anyway.  Yes, but the only people that eat black licorice are frighteningly close to death anyway. 

]]> By: Wayne Dyer http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260436 Wayne Dyer Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260436  Deglycyrrhizinated licorice is available in supplement form for heartburn control.   The same "features" around the sore throat use are exploited there.  I'm not sure if the same is available as a tea though.  Deglycyrrhizinated licorice is available in supplement form for heartburn control.   The same “features” around the sore throat use are exploited there.  I’m not sure if the same is available as a tea though.

]]> By: Virak_Mac http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260406 Virak_Mac Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260406 I can't eat anything less than a whole bag of licorice in one setting. If it came in a five pound bag, I'd finish it all. And then die. I can’t eat anything less than a whole bag of licorice in one setting. If it came in a five pound bag, I’d finish it all. And then die.

]]> By: pjcamp http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260394 pjcamp Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260394 I'm glad to see that something that tastes like Satan's ass has been proven to be bad for you. Let the wife-taunting begin! I’m glad to see that something that tastes like Satan’s ass has been proven to be bad for you.

Let the wife-taunting begin!

]]> By: Tchoutoye http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260309 Tchoutoye Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260309 Usually I manage to stay off the stuff, but I when I have a bag I can't stop the binge, well into a state of nausea, until the 230 gram (8 oz.) bag is empty. Just reading about licorice now makes me want to rush out and get some. Anyone knows why it can be so addictive?   Usually I manage to stay off the stuff, but I when I have a bag I can’t stop the binge, well into a state of nausea, until the 230 gram (8 oz.) bag is empty. Just reading about licorice now makes me want to rush out and get some.

Anyone knows why it can be so addictive?
 

]]> By: Carl Berglund http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260251 Carl Berglund Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260251 And here I am with a whole year to save my nickels and dimes so that I can give every trick-or-treater a pound bag just for themselves... And here I am with a whole year to save my nickels and dimes so that I can give every trick-or-treater a pound bag just for themselves…

]]> By: LightningRose http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260222 LightningRose Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260222  ...and that's why I'll stick to my Jolly Rancher hard candies, thank you very much.  …and that’s why I’ll stick to my Jolly Rancher hard candies, thank you very much.

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260194 Guest Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260194 This news has really put a dampener on my 'licorice and cocaine' parties. This news has really put a dampener on my ‘licorice and cocaine’ parties.

]]> By: peregrinus http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260193 peregrinus Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260193 Bananas contain lots of potassium - and you can od on those!  So banana-wolfing competitions should have a liquorice chaser every banana.  Or is that bad science?  I'm off to try! Bitter almonds are the ones that got me worried - high arsenic content, which I only learned after eating too many for too many days, and googling the association I experienced between arrythmia and almonds.  It was all a bit worrying. Bananas contain lots of potassium – and you can od on those!  So banana-wolfing competitions should have a liquorice chaser every banana.  Or is that bad science?  I’m off to try!

Bitter almonds are the ones that got me worried – high arsenic content, which I only learned after eating too many for too many days, and googling the association I experienced between arrythmia and almonds.  It was all a bit worrying.

]]> By: Jammi Evil http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260176 Jammi Evil Tue, 01 Nov 2011 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260176 What's even more suspicious: Ammonium chloride, better known as sal ammoniac. I love eating salty liquorice, but this can cause Ammonium chloride acidosis. What’s even more suspicious:
Ammonium chloride, better known as sal ammoniac.
I love eating salty liquorice, but this can cause Ammonium chloride acidosis.

]]> By: chgoliz http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260105 chgoliz Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260105 I learned this the hard way.  The unexpected arrhythmia was scary enough that it caused me to stop eating licorice entirely. Somehow I have to get over the fear, though; the stuff is simply too good to avoid forever. I learned this the hard way.  The unexpected arrhythmia was scary enough that it caused me to stop eating licorice entirely.

Somehow I have to get over the fear, though; the stuff is simply too good to avoid forever.

]]> By: skeptacally http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260029 skeptacally Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1260029 first the candy hierarchy and now this.  what, exactly, boingboing do you have against us licorice eaters?  first the candy hierarchy and now this.  what, exactly, boingboing do you have against us licorice eaters? 

]]> By: marc anthony http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259963 marc anthony Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259963 Wouldn't taking supplemental potassium negate the affect? Wouldn’t taking supplemental potassium negate the affect?

]]> By: Guest http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259878 Guest Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259878 I'm not surprised.  Consumption of black licorice does seem to increase with age, sagacity and refined tastebuds, and just when the gettin' gets good the health flags go up.  You ken just hush up, Petersen, and eat your candy corn! I’m not surprised.  Consumption of black licorice does seem to increase with age, sagacity and refined tastebuds, and just when the gettin’ gets good the health flags go up. 

You ken just hush up, Petersen, and eat your candy corn!

]]> By: beamsofG http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259870 beamsofG Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259870 just a cup makes my heart pound uncomfortably but I may be sensitive to it... just a cup makes my heart pound uncomfortably but I may be sensitive to it…

]]> By: Jerril http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259871 Jerril Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259871 WAIT WAIT. The glycyrrhizic acid blocks potassium. Isn't licorish usually (over) salted with potassium chloride by the Dutch? Jeeze, they're on to something there. EDIT: Damn, no, it's ammonium chloride instead. Never mind. WAIT WAIT. The glycyrrhizic acid blocks potassium. Isn’t licorish usually (over) salted with potassium chloride by the Dutch?

Jeeze, they’re on to something there.

EDIT: Damn, no, it’s ammonium chloride instead. Never mind.

]]> By: Oliver Schmieding http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259854 Oliver Schmieding Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259854 and here i was:proud, as a foreign speaker, to know words like "effervescent" and "abbroachment"  - but "de-glycyrrhizinated" is really upping the ante.   ;) and here i was:proud, as a foreign speaker, to know words like “effervescent” and “abbroachment”  -
but “de-glycyrrhizinated” is really upping the ante.   ;)

]]> By: Gold Man-Sacks http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259837 Gold Man-Sacks Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259837 Oh no! Poor Garth! Oh no! Poor Garth!

]]> By: aynrandspenismighty http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259796 aynrandspenismighty Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259796 ...and the fact that licorice is made from old, used tires. …and the fact that licorice is made from old, used tires.

]]> By: Bobsyeruncle http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259797 Bobsyeruncle Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259797 Mmm. Licorice.  The good stuff is too rare and too expensive to OD on.  Insist on RJ's or Black Opal.  You gotta feel a little sorry for the poster drooling over Panda. ;) Mmm. Licorice.  The good stuff is too rare and too expensive to OD on.  Insist on RJ’s or Black Opal.  You gotta feel a little sorry for the poster drooling over Panda. ;)

]]> By: Pluytje http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259783 Pluytje Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259783 Just about everyone I ever worked with in the Netherlands could easily wolf down a pound. Just about everyone I ever worked with in the Netherlands could easily wolf down a pound.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259770 Paul Renault Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259770 Jeepers, am I the only person who knows how to google stuff? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=glycyrrhizic+acid+content+of+a+gram+of+licorice+root Second link: "The European Union suggests people should not consume any more than 100 mg of glycyrrhizic acid a day, equivalent to approximately 50 g of liquorice sweets." Fifty grams, for those countries still in the paleolithic age, works out to about 1 3/4 ounces.  Or about five 7-inchTwizzlers. Jeepers, am I the only person who knows how to google stuff?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=glycyrrhizic+acid+content+of+a+gram+of+licorice+root
Second link:
“The European Union suggests people should not consume any more than 100 mg of glycyrrhizic acid a day, equivalent to approximately 50 g of liquorice sweets.”

Fifty grams, for those countries still in the paleolithic age, works out to about 1 3/4 ounces.  Or about five 7-inchTwizzlers.

]]> By: Brad H. http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259750 Brad H. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/2011/11/01/dangers-of-licorice.html#comment-1259750 What are you, crazy?!? Think about the coeliac-prone people! What are you, crazy?!?

Think about the coeliac-prone people!

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