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Having not drunk an ANSI cup of ISO coffee, what is the approximate amount being discussed? A pack a day (of ground beans)? How many GreatBrittan cups are in, e.g. a typical Swedes' coffee?
I love coffee but I feel three per day is pushing it. Do people really drink much more than that?
For me, it was something I could sip all day long, especially as black coffee is a tasty zero-calorie beverage, and at least in the morning I'd feel that rush of focus. Eventually had to give it up due to insomnia.
When we parametrize complex systems in studies such as this, I feel we tend to lose the forest for the trees. Okay, so maybe 25 cups of coffee a day won't destroy my heart. But this is what happens when I have 5 cups of coffee a day: 1) I get jumpy and I feel anxious. If I drink too much I start to feel what I can only describe as existential dread (I know it's weird). 2) I can't hold on to things because my hands ar…
I think that's an unfair accusation. The study set out to answer a very specific question, and did so. Knowledge often progresses by building big pictures out of the answers to lots of little questions. In terms of your forest metaphor, I would say that the study is "identifying some specific groups of trees in the forest".
I love coffee but I feel three per day is pushing it. Do people really drink much more than that?
I drink about a couple of liters per day, sometimes less, depending on the mood. I think I have no caffeine sensitivity at all, since I have normal BP, no sleep problems, and am able to stop drinking all caffeinated beverages for a few weeks without any (obvious) problems (did it several times after getting tired of the taste). All these personal anecdotes ( when I stopped drinking coffee, my wife returned to me, and…
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> If I drink too much I start to feel what I can only describe as existential dread (I know it's weird). Not weird at all. It’s that free-form, nameless, unspecified anxiety.
+1 here. I can't describe it, but it's like a feeling that I'm about to die, that everything is about to end. Needless to say, it's not pleasant.
When we parametrize complex systems in studies such as this, I feel we tend to lose the forest for the trees. Okay, so maybe 25 cups of coffee a day won't destroy my heart. But this is what happens when I have 5 cups of coffee a day: 1) I get jumpy and I feel anxious. If I drink too much I start to feel what I can only describe as existential dread (I know it's weird). 2) I can't hold on to things because my hands ar…
Having not drunk an ANSI cup of ISO coffee, what is the approximate amount being discussed? A pack a day (of ground beans)? How many GreatBrittan cups are in, e.g. a typical Swedes' coffee?
One shot of espresso equates to roughly 100mg of caffeine - give or take (a lot).
>How many GreatBrittan cups
Assuming you're British...if you walk Costa and ask for a small black...you're getting around 2 cups worth of caffeine. Just under 200mg. They're not likely to serve you anything north of 400mg.
Tolerances for caffeine are all over the place. I know that personally at around 1000mg per day things go for focused/wired to uncomfortable for me.
25 cups...is at least double that.
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I probably drink 6-8 cans of soda daily, though they've got less caffeine than a cup of coffee. I find I just like to sip on something constantly, and water gives me a headache.
You'll probably save money on shoes later in life with stats like that... Every cloud ect.
I don't believe many studies these days....industry lobbyists carry scientists around in their pockets like so many nickels and dimes...
And I really have no idea how to solve it without an effective replication/peer-review process, which is currently not popular for scientists trying to make a name for themselves.