{"id":1091,"date":"2017-10-30T10:39:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T14:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/?p=1091"},"modified":"2017-10-30T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T14:45:14","slug":"fda-warns-black-licorice-can-be-a-harmful-trick-rather-than-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/2017\/10\/30\/fda-warns-black-licorice-can-be-a-harmful-trick-rather-than-treat\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Warns: Black Licorice Can Be a Harmful Trick Rather Than Treat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/salge\/files\/2017\/10\/Licorce-2-300x130.png\" alt=\"Licorce\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1090 aligncenter\" height=\"130\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/files\/2017\/10\/Licorce-2-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/files\/2017\/10\/Licorce-2.png 722w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that over consuming black licorice may cause abnormal heart rhythms, high blood pressure, swelling, lethargy, and congestive heart failure in some people.\u00a0 The culprit appears to be\u00a0 glycyrrhizin, a compound in licorice root.\u00a0 Click on this FDA video to learn more:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/okHKr4sqw_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the FDA&#8217;s advice from their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/forconsumers\/consumerupdates\/ucm277152.htm\">website <\/a>about black licorice:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No matter what your age, don\u2019t eat large amounts of black licorice at one time.<\/li>\n<li>If you have been eating a lot of black licorice and have an irregular heart rhythm or muscle weakness, stop eating it immediately and contact your healthcare provider.<\/li>\n<li>Black licorice can interact with some medications, herbs and dietary supplements. Consult a health care professional if you have questions about possible interactions with a drug or supplement you take.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be well, Joan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that over consuming black licorice may cause abnormal heart rhythms, high blood pressure, swelling, lethargy, and congestive heart failure in some people.\u00a0 The culprit appears to be\u00a0 glycyrrhizin, a compound in licorice root.\u00a0 Click on this FDA video to learn more: Here&#8217;s the FDA&#8217;s advice from their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/2017\/10\/30\/fda-warns-black-licorice-can-be-a-harmful-trick-rather-than-treat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FDA Warns: Black Licorice Can Be a Harmful Trick Rather Than Treat<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6783,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6783"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1091"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1093,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1091\/revisions\/1093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/salge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}