Guest guest Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Apologies, because I think this has been addressed before but I am having trouble searching (maybe b/c of spelling?)... what kind of licorice should one take in order to support adrenals? de-glycyrhizinated or not? I have extremely low blood pressure so I'm not concerned about it going up. many thanks. (in uk) > No, from what I know. Licorice root contains a chemical > (Glycyrrhizin) that shows down conversion of cortisol into cortisone, > thus extendind it's lifetime in the blood. But the same chemical > also can cause high blood pressure, so at least some say it should be > avoided if you have high blood pressure (although since sea salt > seems to be able to *lower* high blood pressure - " TAKE THAT, ANTI- > SALT PEOPLE! (and start doing studies on *why*..) I ran into a page > about the " harzards " of it (I think it was high BP) and that looked > like it explained it quite well and came to conclusion that it is > safe for something like 97% of the population. > > see: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/8032licorice.html > > Jim > > Does licorice root have cortisol in it??? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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