Maternal licorice consumption during pregnancy and pubertal, cognitive and psychiatric outcomes in children. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2017
Liquorice and its natural sweetener, glycyrrhizin, can have long-term harmful effects on the development of the fetus. A new Finnish study supports food recommendations for families with children in that women should avoid consuming large amounts of liquorice during pregnancy. The limit for safe consumption is not known. In the study, youths exposed to large amounts of liquorice in the womb performed less well than others in cognitive reasoning tests by a psychologist. The difference was equivalent to approximately 7IQ points...
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