Man dies of eating too much liquorice and candy a day

The man, who was 54 years old in U .S, ate about one-and-a-half bags of black liquorice every day. He had suffered no symptoms  suddenly had a cardiac arrest in a fast food restaurant.

“We are told that this patient has a poor diet and eats a lot of candy. Could his illness be related to candy consumption?” Dr Elazer R Edelman said.

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Doctor said studies had shown glycyrrhizic acid – the active ingredient in liquorice – could cause “hypertension, hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, fatal arrhythmias, and renal failure” – all of which were seen in this patient.

Hypokalemia is when a person’s potassium levels in their blood goes low dangerously.

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A few days before his death, he switched from red fruit-flavoured twists to another type made with black liquorice.