• @kenbw2
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    21 year ago

    What’s the threshold for “high doses”?

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      According to Google, 400 mg (~4 cups of coffee or 10 cans of soda) per day is when you run into health risks, while 1200 mg in a short time span is overdose territory.

      • @SangriaFerret
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        71 year ago

        If you’re drinking 10 cans of soda a day you got much bigger problems than caffeine.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          True. But I could see some people reaching 400 mg with like two coffees, an energy drink, and a couple cans of soda.

      • @trachemys
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        11 year ago

        Too bad they don’t list caffeine on the nutrition facts. Who knows how much you get.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          For what, soda? Looking at a Mountain Dew right now and it says 54mg caffeine. It’s next to the nutrition facts but not in the box itself

          • @trachemys
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            11 year ago

            Cool, I’ll look for it. I haven’t bought soda in many years. More interested in coffee. I still don’t know if “breakfast coffee” has more or less than “half caff”.

            • @Krompus
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              11 year ago

              Breakfast blend is unspecific, but it’s a mix of normal, not decaf coffee, aimed at being smooth, not too bold or acidic etc. Half caff is a blend of decaf and normal beans, so breakfast will have approximately twice as much caffeine. Light/dark roast and specific coffee bean type used will vary the caffeine levels.

    • @PhoenixOO10
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      21 year ago

      I’m no scientist, but I’ve been in the coffee industry for a long time. I would say more than 500mg per day is a lot. 200-300mg per day seems to be a nice sweet spot. That’s about 12-16oz of brewed specialty coffee.

      Once again, I’m not a food scientist, but I believe other ingredients you find in energy drinks can compound the effects of caffeine. Similar to how alcohol mixed with certain medications with fuck up your liver really fast.