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Sixty seconds on . . . slushies
BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r523 (Published 14 March 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r523
- Anne Gulland
- The BMJ
What’s a slushy?
It’s a brain freeze inducing, tongue staining frozen drink popular with children. They’re often sold at theme parks and games arcades.
Ah, yes—I remember, a vital part of a fun British day out
Well, only if glycerol intoxication syndrome—a new condition coined by researchers writing in the Archives of Disease in Childhood—is on your bucket list.1 Most slushies sold in the UK are sugar free, so glycerol (E422, …
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