Drinking Licorice Root Tea Every Day? What It Can Do to Blood Pressure, Potassium and Your Heart

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Licorice Flavor Is Not Always Licorice Root

Not every product with a licorice-like taste contains actual licorice root.

Some candies and teas use anise or other flavoring ingredients.

Conversely, licorice root can appear inside herbal blends whose names do not prominently mention it. It may be included to make another bitter herb taste sweeter.

Always check the ingredient list.

The relevant question is not whether the product tastes like licorice, but whether it contains Glycyrrhiza species or licorice root extract.

What Should Regular Tea Drinkers Do?

Someone who occasionally drank a cup does not need to panic.