Damn, You Can Die From Too Much Black Licorice

Be careful if you're out there eating a bag and a half of black licorice EVERY DAY!

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I don’t know too many people that are just downing black licorice like its water…as if the more black licorice you eat, the stronger you get or something. It’s not exactly the most delightful candy out there, but I can’t say that I hate it.

I mean, you’re reading from a guy who loves rum raisin ice cream and always has a bag of Werther’s Originals in the candy dish. EVEN I am looking at black licorice like, “my gut just says I shouldn’t eat too much of this.”

And, as it turns out, that’s a valid concern with black licorice, because apparently if you eat too much of it, it can literally kill you.

Courtesy of the AP:

A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life. 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 Wednesday….

…Eating as little as 2 ounces of black licorice a day for two weeks could cause a heart rhythm problem, especially for folks over 40, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.

What kind of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory bullshit is this?!

Man, you spend your whole childhood with your parents telling you that you can do whatever you want when you’re a grown-up only to become a grown-up and realize that you can’t actually eat a bag and a half of licorice every day. It’s a sad state of affairs, this life, I tell ya.

Honestly, though – I don’t know that a bag and a half of anything every day sounds like it’s actually good for you. Maybe you wouldn’t feel the effects of it right away, but it kinda seems like it’s one of those things that your body would tell you.

No wonder everyone hates black licorice – you know how they say you should just trust your gut? Like, if something about a situation seems off, it probably is? Well, turns out, our guts were right about black licorice. It just tastes like shit, so why would we eat it? Again, something seems off.

And that ‘off’ is that it can fucking kill you.

Stoney Keeley is the Editor in Chief of The SoBros Network. He is a strong supporter of Team GSD and #BeBetter. “Big Natural” covers the Tennessee Titans, Nashville, and a whole wealth of nonsense. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley

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