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Licorice is toxic in relatively low quantities though.

> If you’re 40 or older, eating 2 ounces of black licorice a day for at least two weeks could land you in the hospital with an irregular heart rhythm or arrhythmia.

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/black-licoric...



That phrasing so annoyingly waffley. "Could" might mean "if you're already predisposed to arrhythmia" or "if you're somewhat allergic to the ingredients".

As it stands, I feel that sentence could apply to any atypical food, like pickled herring or durian fruit.




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