Licorice Root In GlycoAid
Fifty times sweeter than sugar by weight, and a digestive herb for millennia.
What It Is And Why It Is Here
The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra, roughly fifty times sweeter than sugar by weight and used as a digestive herb for thousands of years.
Glycyrrhizin, which is both what makes licorice sweet and the reason it carries a real caution. It is the one ingredient on this panel with a firm ceiling.
Evidence: Moderate. Several human studies exist, generally small ones, and the findings are less settled than for the large-evidence ingredients on this panel.
What it is studied for
Digestive support, mostly, with some work on metabolic markers. A moderate evidence base.
The Dose Question
There is no research dose to aim for here, because the useful question about licorice is the upper limit rather than the effective amount. Sustained high glycyrrhizin intake is where the documented problems begin.
Licorice Root On The GlycoAid Label
| Most studied for | Digestive support |
|---|---|
| Key compound | Glycyrrhizin |
| Documented effect at high intakes | Raised blood pressure and lowered potassium |
| Amount in GlycoAid | Not published; inside the 500 mg blend |
| Practical rule | Never more than the stated serving |
Cautions
This is the clearest reason on the whole label never to exceed one capsule a day. Glycyrrhizin can raise blood pressure and lower potassium at sustained intakes, which matters most to anyone already treated for hypertension. At one capsule inside a 500 mg blend the amount is small; the caution is about doubling up over months, not about a single serving.
Questions About Licorice Root
Why does licorice get a warning when the others do not?
Because glycyrrhizin has a documented effect on blood pressure and potassium at sustained intakes. It is a real ceiling rather than a theoretical one.
Should I avoid GlycoAid if I have high blood pressure?
Speak to your doctor first. One customer on this site did exactly that and was told one capsule a day was fine for him, which is the right way to get the answer for you.
Is this the same as licorice sweets?
Most modern sweets use anise flavouring rather than real licorice root. Where they do contain it, the same glycyrrhizin caution applies.
What happens if I take two capsules?
You double the licorice along with everything else, which is the wrong direction on the one ingredient here with a genuine limit.
Judging It Fairly
No single ingredient on this panel can be assessed on its own from the outside, and no week of taking the capsule can settle anything either. Why week one tells you nothing is the short version of that argument.
How It Sits In The Formula
Licorice Root is declared inside a single 500 mg proprietary formulation alongside thirteen other ingredients, so the amount here is unknown. That is the honest position on every ingredient page on this site, and it is why the piece on blends is worth ten minutes. The ingredient before this one on the label is Goji Berry and the one after it is Berberine.
GlycoAid Carries All Fourteen
Licorice Root is one ingredient of fourteen in a 500 mg once-daily capsule.
- 14 ingredients in one 500 mg formulation
- One capsule daily with a meal, 30 to a bottle
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