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Too much candy: HEALTH

Man dies from eating DOCTOR ON DUTY

Oranjestad
bags of black licorice Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm

Tel. 527 4000
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE at a fast-food restaurant. San Nicolas
AP Chief Medical Writer Doctors found he had dan- Imsan 24 hours
A Massachusetts construc- gerously low potassium, Tel.524 8833
tion worker’s love of black which led to heart rhythm Women in Difficulties
licorice wound up costing and other problems. Emer- PHARMACY ON DUTY
him his life. Eating a bag gency responders did CPR Oranjestad:
and a half every day for and he revived but died Oduber Tel. 582 1780
a few weeks threw his nu- the next day. This Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 photo shows an arrangement of San Nicolas:
trients out of whack and The FDA permits up to 3.1% licorice candy pieces in New York. San Nicolas Tel. 584 5712
caused the 54-year-old of a food’s content to have Associated Press Women in Difficulties
man’s heart to stop, doc- glycyrrhizic acid, but many Jeff Beckman, a spokes- FDA regulations,” and that OTHER
tors reported Wednesday. candies and other licorice man for the Hershey Com- all foods, including can- Dental Clinic 587 9850
“Even a small amount of products don’t reveal how pany, which makes the dy, “should be enjoyed in Blood Bank Aruba 587 0002
Urgent Care 586 0448
licorice you eat can in- much of it is contained per popular Twizzlers licorice moderation.” q Walk-In Doctor’s Clinic
crease your blood pressure ounce, Butala said. Doctors twists, said in an email that +297 588 0539
a little bit,” said Dr. Neel Bu- have reported the case to “all of our products are Women in Difficulties
tala, a cardiologist at Mas- the FDA in hope of raising safe to eat and formulat- EMERGENCY
sachusetts General Hos- attention to the risk. ed in full compliance with Police 100
pital who described the Oranjestad 527 3140
case in the New England Sudoku Noord 527 3200
Journal of Medicine. Sta. Cruz 527 2900
The problem is glycyrrhi- San Nicolas 584 5000
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zic acid, found in black Ambulancia 911
licorice and in many other Fire Dept. 115
foods and dietary supple- Red Cross 582 2219
ments containing licorice
root extract. It can cause TAXI SERVICES
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sium and imbalances in Prof. Taxi 588 0035
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Eating as little as 2 ounces Women in Difficulties
of black licorice a day for TRAVEL INFO
two weeks could cause a
heart rhythm problem, es- Aruba Airport 524 2424
pecially for folks over 40, American Airlines 582 2700
the U.S. Food and Drug Ad- Avianca 588 0059
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“It’s more than licorice
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Even some beers, like Bel- Tel. 582 5051
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The death was clearly an Women in Difficulties
extreme case. The man General Info
had switched from red, Phone Directory Tel. 118
fruit-flavored twists to the
black licorice version of the
candy a few weeks before
his death last year. He col-
lapsed while having lunch

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