licorice-flavored candy. The man's family informed his doctors that he had been eating one to two large packages of soft candy each day. Three weeks prior to the cardiac arrest, the patient had ...

Traditionally made with the root of the licorice plant (Glycyrrhiza glabra), this soft, chewy candy boasts ... warns that "if you're 40 or older, eating 2 ounces (56 grams) of black licorice ...