These 7 everyday products can seriously harm your health if you consume too much

11/29/2018

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Science Story: These 7 everyday products can seriously harm your health if you consume too much

More is not always better - did you know that even healthy foods can harm you if you eat too much? Find out why you should be careful about how much you eat.

#1 Licorice

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Licorice contains glycyrrhizin, which decreases the level of potassium. Eating too much of this product can lead to problems with heart and blood pressure. Do you like licorice?

#2 Tuna

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Eating tuna contributes to heart health and can help you lose weight. Anyway, some types of tuna contain more mercury than others, so you should be careful with this product. A person who weights 150 lbs shouldn't eat more than 0.3 lbs of tuna within 10 days.

#3 Soda

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The most dangerous ingredient of soda is sugar. If an average person drinks 785 oz of soda, chances are high they will get poisoned.

#4 Soy sause

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Drinking the whole bottle of soy sauce sent a 19-year-old man to coma once. The thing is that consuming too much soy sauce can lead to dehydration and a serious sodium overdose.

#5 Cinnamon

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Cinnamon contains high amounts of coumarin, which may be harmful in large doses. There are two types of cinnamon: Ceylon and Cassia. The former contains less coumarin, so it's less dangerous for humans.

#6 Nutmeg

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Nutmeg is a popular spice, and we often use it in Christmas cakes and puddings. Anyway, it can be really dangerous and cause hallucinations. Nutmeg contains a large amount of myristicin, which is a psychoactive substance. Consuming more than 0,3 oz of nutmeg in one sitting can lead to poisoning, nausea, pain, dizziness and hallucinations.

#7 Coffee

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Coffee is a beverage loaded with a lot of antioxidants and beneficial nutrients. At the same time, consuming too much caffeine can lead to problems with the nervous system, insomnia, nervousness, muscle tremors, stomach cramps and heart palpitations. Anyway, all side effects differ widely between individuals.

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62 Comments

Hugh Prewett

Oh dear and to think me and my kid brother used to smoke cinammon sticks when we were about the age of 12-14. He is 82 and I am 78 and still here to tell the tale. Get on with it life is too short to worry about everything in detail.

Rachel Roth

Drinking too much water can also be harmful as it will deplete sodium in your system.

Leonor Estanislao

The key in everything we consume (and do) is moderation

Ian Swindale

Oh well, we'll soon get to a nanny-state where just about everything will be banned or strictly rationed. Thank heavens I probably won't be around to witness that. George Orwell would have had a field day with this sort of thing.

Sheldon Burnston

Everything I like is either illegal, immoral or fattening....

John Seger

That's insane. I'm always living on the edge with nutmeg.

Adriana Zuliani

I didn`t think spices could be dangerous. Interesting information.

werma

Moderation, moderation, moderation.

Rodney Dorman

Leonor Estanislao, 'everything in moderation, including moderation itself' is a saying we have

dddhhi

And all these years I thought I may have been allergic or had a sensitivity to nutmeg!! :)

Nancy Mueller

Both soy sauce and black licorice make me ill. I don’t drink pop or coffee. I love cinnamon I stick to the Ceylon. Lots of foods are bad in excess. I get diarrhea from eating wheat but I can eat a dozen or more prunes and have no problem. Unique responses? I have no idea.

Lane Klompas

Most are not scientific, other than soda and checking for mercury in tuna, rest are healthy in moderation.

Betty Wiendels

Gery Tillmanns, A bit of soy sauce makes the sushi 🍣 more tasty 😋, but too much can cause a headache.

Betty Wiendels

Marguerite LaHaye, Agreed!

Betty Wiendels

Jude James, Far too much!! 😮😮😮

Betty Wiendels

M Renz, I also drink one mug of coffee with a drop of Silk hazelnut almond cream almost every morning and that’s it. It helps keep headaches @ bay.

Betty Wiendels

deborahpmercer, I heard that eating too much cheese 🧀 could lead to constipation.

Lbow

segarolow, having gas? Hmm

William Mullen Crotty

I'm a retired RN of considerable age and I had no idea about the effects of some of these substances, but like anything else, taking too much of anything is not good for one's body.