[hallman76]

A few years ago there was a news story about a guy from Boston who died from eating a bag of licorice every day.

Google: "Boston man dies licorice" for various news sources reporting on it.

https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/too-much-candy-mass-man...

[dendrite9]

That article notes that he was eating the same amount of red licorice every day and switched to eating the same amount of black licorice. It seems like a switch like that would have an effect. imagine drinking 10 cups of decaf coffee and day and switching to caffeinated without expecting any impact.

[cactusplant7374]

It’s kind of telling he collapsed at a fast food restaurant. We really can’t tell that much based on limited details though.