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  2. Liquorice (confectionery) - Wikipedia

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    Excessive black liquorice consumption can cause chloride-resistant metabolic alkalosis and pseudohyperaldosteronism. [8] In one particularly extreme case from 2020, a man from Massachusetts ate a bag and a half of black liquorice every day for several weeks, leading to death due to chronic high levels of glycyrrhetinic acid , a principal ...

  3. FDA warns black licorice can cause you to overdose - AOL

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    The candy can apparently cause consumers to experience abnormal heart rhythms, high blood pressure, swelling, lethargy and even congestive heart failure. FDA warns black licorice can cause you to ...

  4. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    Other common names Scientific name Adverse effects Aconite: monkshood, wolfsbane, aconitum [4] Aconitum spp. Heart palpitations and arrhythmias, hypotension, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, respiratory system paralysis, death [4] [5] Aloe vera juice medicinal aloe Aloe vera

  5. Is black licorice actually dangerous? Lawsuit alleges candy ...

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    Many people have a weakness for a certain type candy, but one man is claiming his affinity for black licorice may have contributed to his heart disease.

  6. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    Contact with the plant can cause skin irritation in some people from isoquinoline-like alkaloids. [148] Lantana camara: big-sage, wild-sage, tickberry Verbenaceae: The toxicity of L. camara to humans is undetermined, with several studies suggesting that ingesting unripe berries can be toxic to humans. [149]

  7. Too much candy: Man dies from eating bags of black licorice - AOL

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    Eating a bag and a half every day for a few weeks threw his nutrients out of whack and caused the 54-year-old man’s heart to stop, doctors reported.

  8. Pseudohyperaldosteronism - Wikipedia

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    Various edible products containing licorice. Excessive consumption of licorice can lead to pseudohyperaldosteronism due to the plant's high concentrations of Glycyrrhetinic acid. [7] Metabolic causes include conditions of glucocorticoid resistance [8] and from mineralocorticoid excess which can occur following high-dose corticosteroid therapy. [1]

  9. 10 weird things that can kill you almost instantly - AOL

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    The spice, in larger quantities, has a hallucinogenic effect, and when consumed in excess can cause psychosis and death. Number 5.Underestimating a cow. 22 a year. That is how many annual U.S ...