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more about #licorice la.donna.pietra: Fortunately for me, it's my grandpa who is the licorice fiend in our family. He gets great big bags of licorice buttons and snarfs them down. (He us... more » have.at.it: Pregnant women should be on bedrest, listening only to Mozart and Baby Einstein cassettes, watching only Oprah and National Geographic documentaries (... more » FizzyGood: My mother is crazy about licorice and me think real good! FizzyGood brain not poorly! Not sure if she ate a lot of it during pregnancy though. She dr... more » Zombies make the heart grow fonder: Somedays I feel like the next study we are going to see on what to eat during pregnancy is going to result in : This just in- eating while pregnant ca... more » ahpooks: As long as they don't come out with a story that eating too much Taco Bell Pintos and Cheese causes birth defects, my kids should be ok. more » banana_grabber: I actually wonder that if high volumes of any sugar is consumed during pregnancy it would have the same risks. Um, yes, I think sugar is pretty unhea... more » mesmerelda: I don't know why they let us pregnant ladies eat anything at all. As far as I can tell nothing is safe, you just have to decide whether you'd rather h... more » KLondike5: I think they probably have the correllation backwards (and causation, if there is one). Black licorice contains iron and magnesium, if those nutrien... more » Lymed: Licorice root is taken as a dietary supplement for a number of conditions. I used to take it to increase my blood pressure. I wonder if this has som... more » BeckySharper: The mere sight of those black licorice wheels made me reach into my desk drawer for a big fat bar of delicious Finnish licorice. Om nom nom. Fortunat... more » Grim Reaper of the Forest: I LOVE LICORICE. I'm out and I'm proud. However, it does have some medicinal properties. I'm pretty sure it is used as an anti-inflammatory herb or ... more » ♥ dosido☮: Licorice can also turn your poop BLUE. I am not kidding. There's weird food coloring in there. Or voodoo. Blue voodoo poo. I am 12. more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: Heh...heh heh.... And what of the kids who displayed excellent behavior and scored well on their cognitive tests? Did (heh) did their mothers eat Sma... more » LaComtesse: I always hated black licorice: the only person who liked it was my great grandmother. She'd go picking through jelly beans for the black ones. After s... more » hydrogen_jukebox: I believe I'm the only person left on earth that likes licorice. And I don't plan on having kids. So...you're welcome. more » shananigans aka reluctant california resident: I'll have to lay off the Twizzlers during the pregnancy. If it mattered how much you ate while growing up. Then my kids would be fucked. more » keldo: What's with all the licorice hating? I love all candy equally. With the possible except of malted milk balls. more » wtfox?!: According to the "Guinness World Record", the longest licorice twist ever made measured 1,200 feet and 100 pounds. Why would people make a thing lik... more » schweppes: That's because licorice tastes gross, and people who eat a lot of gross things are disruptive, slow people. more » BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): Study brought to you by the Institute for the Dominance of Candy Corn, whose spokesperson said, "Bwahahahahahaa!" more » -
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Something to think about this Halloween: A new study has found that children born to mothers who ate large amounts of licorice while pregnant perform poorly on cognitive tests and are more likely to show disruptive behavior. [EurekAlert]
