#blacklicorice — Public Fediverse posts
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Screening of 3,500 compounds against human stem cells induced to an inflamed condition, followed by testing in mice, found that glycyrrhizin, a compound extracted from black licorice, reduced inflammation and cell death. The results may point toward a treatment for IBD and Crohn's Disease.
Summary: https://knowridge.com/2026/04/black-licorice-compound-could-reduce-gut-inflammation-study-finds/
#Science #Health #Inflammation #IBD #CrohnsDisease #BlackLicorice
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Postulated: black jellybeans are #cheaper to produce than any of the other flavours in a bag of "fruit-flavoured" #jellybeans.
This is why the number of black jellybeans in a bag is continually increasing, despite no one [*] actually liking them.
And again, to the #Dare company and others: #black #licorice is NOT a "#fruit #flavour", so stop putting them in there!
[*] Yes, except you, you weirdo. 😀