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How many cups of coffee can we consume in a day? As far as I'm concern, we are not suppose to take more than two cups in a day. How true is it? I'm a coffee lover and usually I took more than two cups. If we take more than two cups, can we really be addicted to it?
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cleopatra clover wrote:How many cups of coffee can we consume in a day? As far as I'm concern, we are not suppose to take more than two cups in a day. How true is it? I'm a coffee lover and usually I took more than two cups. If we take more than two cups, can we really be addicted to it?
I've read all kinds of conflicting reports on this. I only know that if for some reason I don't have my one cup a day, I'll get a low-grade headache around noon. If you are worried about being addicted, try going without for 24 hours and see what happens. Let us know. If you get crabby don't blame me ;-)
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Yeah, I'll try not to take any coffee tomorrow...from breakfast till the evening...and I'll let you know how I feel. Hope I won't get crabby.
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I usually have two cups of coffee and 6 cups of tea in a day. And I'm not addicted since I don't have anything in between the cups :))
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cleopatra clover wrote:How many cups of coffee can we consume in a day? As far as I'm concern, we are not suppose to take more than two cups in a day. How true is it? I'm a coffee lover and usually I took more than two cups. If we take more than two cups, can we really be addicted to it?
Here's a WebMD site that discusses the benefits of drinking coffee........ lots and lots of coffee. When at work, I average about 2 pots a day - at home only slightly less.
http://men.webmd.com/features/coffee-new-health-food
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Do you have any trouble sleeping? Interesting Web MD report btw.
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You can have all the coffee, tea, and cola you want, every day, as long as it's decaffeinated.
With two cups a day you are addicted, and withdrawal comes in the form of headaches and constipation for several weeks.
Here's what happened to a co-worker who drank 10 cups of the real stuff, every day:
-- her insomnia was so severe she developed psychosis.
-- she was going to the BR more often than the rest of us, not just because she had to urinate, but because she had chronic diarrhea.
-- her face always looked sunburned, even in the winter.
-- she always appeared nervous and agitated.
-- she was argumentative and confrontational.
-- she had severe acid reflux.
-- she suffered from chronic peptic and duodenal ulcers.
To this day I'm still surprised at myself for threatening to beat the snot out of her for picking fights, being rude, and confrontational every single day. Shortly after my angry threat she quit.
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wercozy wrote:
Here's what happened to a co-worker who drank 10 cups of the real stuff, every day:
-- her insomnia was so severe she developed psychosis.
Are you saying that your co-worker had so much insomnia from drinking 10 cups* of coffee per day that the insomnia caused her to become psychotic? Or that the coffee itself made her psychotic?
What specific symptoms of psychosis did she have?
How do you know that there were no other factors involved?
*The "cups" of coffee as marked on the side of coffee pots from drip coffee makers are not really full 8 oz. cups. They are closer to 5 oz. (at most) "cups" per mark.
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TB wrote:
Do you have any trouble sleeping? Interesting Web MD report btw.
I switch to decaf after lunch, so it averages out to roughly a pot of each - the high test in the morning.
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I can drink ten cups a day, not necessarily every day. I sleep well, haven't got severe illnesses so far, and my facecolor depends on the amount of sunshine I get. Using Internet you can find uncounted pages full of information about coffee and health. One of them is http://www.cosic.org/(Im drinking my 8th mug of coffee this day right now.)
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wercozy wrote:You can have all the coffee, tea, and cola you want, every day, as long as it's decaffeinated.
With two cups a day you are addicted, and withdrawal comes in the form of headaches and constipation for several weeks.
Here's what happened to a co-worker who drank 10 cups of the real stuff, every day:
-- her insomnia was so severe she developed psychosis.
-- she was going to the BR more often than the rest of us, not just because she had to urinate, but because she had chronic diarrhea.
-- her face always looked sunburned, even in the winter.
-- she always appeared nervous and agitated.
-- she was argumentative and confrontational.
-- she had severe acid reflux.
-- she suffered from chronic peptic and duodenal ulcers.
To this day I'm still surprised at myself for threatening to beat the snot out of her for picking fights, being rude, and confrontational every single day. Shortly after my angry threat she quit. Did you know her before she started drinking that much coffee? I'm just wondering if she had some sort of mental problem that manifested in an effort to hurt herself, exacerbating the problem. Personally, I drink a large cup of coffee just about every day. I honestly don't know how much it is because I almost always drink it from one of those steel coffee "mugs" you can buy at Starbucks. I don't actually drink Starbucks (I think they over-roast the beans leading to a burnt taste that they then market as "flavorful") but I think it's a "medium" sized cup--or whatever they call "medium" at that insipid, obnoxious, crappy, soulless, corporate monster that passes for a real coffee house. Venti? Morono? Whatever. I almost always drink one of those a day during the week, then drink plain water the rest of the day out of the same mug, so people think I'm drinking coffee all day long. I will occasionally have a second cup if I had a particularly rough one the night before, but that's pretty unusual. No more than once or twice a month I would guess.
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No coffee for me. Tea is fine.
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Geeman wrote:
Personally, I drink a large cup of coffee just about every day. I honestly don't know how much it is because I almost always drink it from one of those steel coffee "mugs" you can buy at Starbucks. I don't actually drink Starbucks (I think they over-roast the beans leading to a burnt taste that they then market as "flavorful") but I think it's a "medium" sized cup--or whatever they call "medium" at that insipid, obnoxious, crappy, soulless, corporate monster that passes for a real coffee house. Venti? Morono? Whatever.
I almost always drink one of those a day during the week, then drink plain water the rest of the day out of the same mug, so people think I'm drinking coffee all day long. I will occasionally have a second cup if I had a particularly rough one the night before, but that's pretty unusual. No more than once or twice a month I would guess.
Our coffee in Scandinavia differs a lot from other European. Maybe that's why we are world's top consumers, after Luxembourg. I've also had some American coffees during couple of trips there, and must admit enjoyed as much as tasting American beers ;-)
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:Geeman wrote:
Personally, I drink a large cup of coffee just about every day. I honestly don't know how much it is because I almost always drink it from one of those steel coffee "mugs" you can buy at Starbucks. I don't actually drink Starbucks (I think they over-roast the beans leading to a burnt taste that they then market as "flavorful") but I think it's a "medium" sized cup--or whatever they call "medium" at that insipid, obnoxious, crappy, soulless, corporate monster that passes for a real coffee house. Venti? Morono? Whatever.
I almost always drink one of those a day during the week, then drink plain water the rest of the day out of the same mug, so people think I'm drinking coffee all day long. I will occasionally have a second cup if I had a particularly rough one the night before, but that's pretty unusual. No more than once or twice a month I would guess.
Our coffee in Scandinavia differs a lot from other European. Maybe that's why we are world's top consumers, after Luxembourg. I've also had some American coffees during couple of trips there, and must admit enjoyed as much as tasting American beers ;-) what's the difference between American beer and sex on a boat? They're both fucking near water!  About the question at hand, I try not to have more than 2 cups a day, but during the weekend and my days off, I tend to drink as much as I want, which is probably not that much more.
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JPK wrote:"what's the difference between American beer and sex on a boat? They're both fucking near water!
"Take off you hoser", I thought we were drinking buddies "A" Great movie by the way. 
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I'm starting to get worried about Cleopatra. She was going to try going without coffee and get back to us with a report. I heard coffee withdrawal can make people grow facial hair and act weird. 
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At one point when I was at the university, I conducted an experiment on the effect of caffeine on discrimination learning in rats. This involved three 5 minute trials per rat, in a Skinner Box, with a random presentation of light on/light off conditions. For 24 rats, in three different dosage groups, dosage determined by body weight, mixed in mammalian ringers solution then delivered with a hypodermic. At the end of the day I'd have to weigh each rat and determine how much "Purina Rat Chow" to feed them to have them at 80% of their base line body weight, the next morning. I was able to reject the null hypothesis for two of the dosage levels, the 6 and 12 mg/kg of body weight rats, "learned" to stop pressing the bar under light off conditions, significantly quicker than the control group. The 18 mg/kg probably would have as well, but they were so amped the pressed the bar just for something to do, ignoring the food pellets dropped. In any case these were very long days, and even consuming copius amounts of coffee, I still found my energy flagging at times. Nodding off during experimental trials was just not acceptable, mis-holding a rat while injecting it, so that it could swivel its head around and sink its teeth in the area between my thumb and forefinger was also highly undesirable. Even as loath as those two things might be, I can tell you something I will never, not ever, do again under any circumstances, and similarly warn all coffee drinkers to avoid. Never in life add a heaping teaspoon of pure caffeine to your coffee! Unless of course you enjoy vibrating interdimensionally, and soaking your clothes with sweat. I don't think it is possible to drink too much coffee in a day, not reasonably anyway, but it is definitely possible to ingest too much caffeine.
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TB wrote:JPK wrote:"what's the difference between American beer and sex on a boat? They're both fucking near water!
"Take off you hoser", I thought we were drinking buddies "A" Great movie by the way. "A" is actually spelt "eh", eh! I have no idea what movie you are talking aboot, did I unknowingly quote something? Btw, I love Natalie Dee! 
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JPK wrote:TB wrote:JPK wrote:"what's the difference between American beer and sex on a boat? They're both fucking near water!
"Take off you hoser", I thought we were drinking buddies "A" Great movie by the way. "A" is actually spelt "eh", eh! I have no idea what movie you are talking aboot, did I unknowingly quote something? Btw, I love Natalie Dee!
The movie was Strange Brew about two Canadian brothers who liked beer. The movie has absolutely no socially redeeming qualities; I guess that's why it was so popular. Back in the 80s, American guys were calling each other "hoser" and "hose head"; the terms "knob", "beauty", "eh" and "take-off" lived on long after the movie. Here's a clip (listen for those words): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZCI39NWZ5gRe: "A" is actually spelt "eh", eh! Thanks, I don't speak 'Canadian' "eh" ;-)
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Jyrkkä Jätkä wrote:Our coffee in Scandinavia differs a lot from other European. Maybe that's why we are world's top consumers, after Luxembourg. I've also had some American coffees during couple of trips there, and must admit enjoyed as much as tasting American beers ;-) I enjoy the occasional "Turkish coffee" when the urge strikes me, but that's not been in quite some time.... Personally, I don't drink American beers either. At least, not anything that is from a "macrobrewery." If you need to clean the tires of your truck, though, Budweiser works pretty well.
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Geeman wrote:I enjoy the occasional "Turkish coffee" when the urge strikes me, but that's not been in quite some time.... Why don't you come over? I can make you some :)
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TB wrote...
I'm starting to get worried about Cleopatra. She was going to try going without coffee and get back to us with a report. I heard coffee withdrawal can make people grow facial hair and act weird.
Hi TB... I'm back in the forum. Thank you for your concern. I was layed back with heavy flu and my fever was quite high for a few days. Know what? I haven't had any coffee since my last post in this thread, due to the flu of course...and didn't even have the appetite to eat even though my sore throat wasn't that bad. Anyway I'm recovering now.
This test without coffee won't count because of the flu. So, I'll try once again when I've fully regain my health. Urgh! Got to have my cup of coffee now!...since I don't cough a lot anymore.
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cleopatra clover wrote:
TB wrote...
I'm starting to get worried about Cleopatra. She was going to try going without coffee and get back to us with a report. I heard coffee withdrawal can make people grow facial hair and act weird.
Hi TB... I'm back in the forum. Thank you for your concern. I was layed back with heavy flu and my fever was quite high for a few days. Know what? I haven't had any coffee since my last post in this thread, due to the flu of course...and didn't even have the appetite to eat even though my sore throat wasn't that bad. Anyway I'm recovering now.
This test without coffee won't count because of the flu. So, I'll try once again when I've fully regain my health. Urgh! Got to have my cup of coffee now!...since I don't cough a lot anymore.
cleopatra: so not drinking coffee causes flu? *sips coffee*
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cleopatra: so not drinking coffee causes flu? *sips coffee*
Hey, the flu is not because of coffee...you know that! I haven't taken any, due to the flu...the sore throat actually.
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cleopatra clover wrote:JPK wrote:
cleopatra: so not drinking coffee causes flu? *sips coffee*
Hey, the flu is not because of coffee...you know that! I haven't taken any, due to the flu...the sore throat actually. yes I know, I was being silly! Welcome back to the bright side :)
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JPK, I knew you were only joking. Anyway, thank you...These past few days was horrible but luckily it wasn't H1N1.
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JPK wrote:cleopatra clover wrote:
TB wrote...
I'm starting to get worried about Cleopatra. She was going to try going without coffee and get back to us with a report. I heard coffee withdrawal can make people grow facial hair and act weird.
Hi TB... I'm back in the forum. Thank you for your concern. I was layed back with heavy flu and my fever was quite high for a few days. Know what? I haven't had any coffee since my last post in this thread, due to the flu of course...and didn't even have the appetite to eat even though my sore throat wasn't that bad. Anyway I'm recovering now.
This test without coffee won't count because of the flu. So, I'll try once again when I've fully regain my health. Urgh! Got to have my cup of coffee now!...since I don't cough a lot anymore.
cleopatra: so not drinking coffee causes flu? *sips coffee*
JPK, Re: "...so not drinking coffee causes flu?..? lol,  Cleopatra,Glad you're feeling better. When you are 100% it will be interesting to hear from you if you try the experiment.
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cleopatra clover wrote:
TB wrote...
I'm starting to get worried about Cleopatra. She was going to try going without coffee and get back to us with a report. I heard coffee withdrawal can make people grow facial hair and act weird.
Hi TB... I'm back in the forum. Thank you for your concern. I was layed back with heavy flu and my fever was quite high for a few days. Know what? I haven't had any coffee since my last post in this thread, due to the flu of course...and didn't even have the appetite to eat even though my sore throat wasn't that bad. Anyway I'm recovering now.
This test without coffee won't count because of the flu. So, I'll try once again when I've fully regain my health. Urgh! Got to have my cup of coffee now!...since I don't cough a lot anymore.
Hi Cleopatra, I'm glad you are feeling better. Not to worry about coffee and a cough. Coffee contains theobromine, which is a bronchodilator and so might actually help your cough (theobromine as bronchodilator- abstract). It's also in chocolate. Seriously , when you're sick, drink or don't drink coffee based on whether or not it feels right.
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Here's my favorite on coffee: Coffee protects from alcoholic liver damage. (Bring on the Irish Coffee??) (Note the date is 2006, and I'm unaware of any follow-up.)
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Yes you can consume to much.
Caffeine addiction is more about the repetition of the intake not the amount .
I am not in the habit of googling information but I know that caffeine has to be one of the most studied psychoactive drugs in the world just because I know something like 80% of humans consume it.
I am not in pre-med or anything but have a lot of old journals that I kept when going through sleep studies and memory games.
80-100 cups a day is caffeine overdose.
100mg. per Lb. of body weight
average American coffee 40-50 mg. per cup
so much of this with coffee and caffeine is just a never ending answering a question with a question because of all the variables
I said that because the liver processes caffeine and everything else we take .
A bad liver and all the other drugs we take change how the drug is processed.
I have been through caffeine withdrawl "once" and got a headache so bad that my boss gave me a dollar and sent me to the break room to buy a Pepsi and get a cup of coffee .
The topic that comes up a lot these days is consuming coffee and the huge variety of booster drinks and additives that are in the stores,also the effect when we do all that together then take other medication.
I over dosed on caffeine 30 years ago by taking caffeine pills .
As stupid as this sounds it was by accident that I took that much caffeine .
I thought the caffeine pills were amphetamine and were not producing the buzz I was used to ,so I just continued taking them.
It surprises me a lot more is not said about caffeine consumption.R.C.
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I'm ok now, healthier than ever! But still haven't try going without coffee...but I'm sure it is not due to addiction; but because I enjoy drinking it, especially early in the morning and after a long, hectic day at work.
However TB, I will try the test that you suggested and will get back to you with a result. Say, maybe I'll start from tomorrow (Wednesday). I have to fix a day; otherwise I'll never ever try the test, right? So, I'll be without any coffee starting from tomorrow for 48 hours and will be back with the result on Friday.
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I've been through the test without coffee for 48 hours; I only took milk and lots of plain water. So far I didn't experience any headache or giddyness. Hmmm....so I can conclude that I'm not addicted to coffee.
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TB wrote:
Do you have any trouble sleeping?
I drank 2 cups of coffee to keep me awake but it's the opposite that I got.
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