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Obviously those symptoms in this "study" do not apply to everyone. It's as anecdotal and irrelevant as you claiming anyone drinking a gallon of green tea gets

by X86BSD 10y ago

Obviously those symptoms in this "study" do not apply to everyone. It's as anecdotal and irrelevant as you claiming anyone drinking a gallon of green tea gets sick. Which is a falsehood. White tea has an incredibly low amount of caffeine. So I am not sure why you are claiming I am addicted to caffeine. If I run out of tea and take 4 or 5 days to order more I don't get headaches or have side effects. So again I don't know what you are basing your statements on.

pyre 10y ago
I think the more important information is how it affects most people, not specifically how it affects you. For all we know, you have some sort of genetic mutation that allows you to drink that much green tea without any side effects. Maybe you're part of (e.g.) 10% of the population with said mutation. If so, then your situation is the one that doesn't apply to everyone.
yarou 10y ago
It depends on the amount of tea you're using per L of water. One could steep 1 g of tea in 4 L of water, which is essentially drinking water. "1 gallon of tea" provides very little information on the amount of tea used.
ucaetano 10y ago
White tea has around 20mg of caffeine per cup, compared to 30mg for green tea and 95mg/cup for coffee. So your "1 gallon/day" of white tea gets you about the same caffeine content as 1L of black coffee per day, with a total intake of ~320mg of caffeine per day. About 100mg per day of caffeine can cause addiction. So the odds are that you're a caffeine addict. On the other hand, you might be immune to caffeine or have low sensitivity. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/research/bpru/docs/caffeine_dependence_fact_sheet.pdf https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/research/bpru/doc...
- problems 10y ago
  Yeah, I drink 1.5L of black tea a day. Around 300mg of caffeine. Can confirm, I am definitely a caffeine addict. In fact, I switched to tea mostly because I was consuming a ridiculous amount of unneeded calories in sugar and cream in energy drinks and coffee when I mostly just wanted tasty caffeine.
- malnourish 10y ago
  Many of us are caffeine addicts.

by X86BSD 10y ago

pyre 10y ago

I think the more important information is how it affects most people, not specifically how it affects you. For all we know, you have some sort of genetic mutation that allows you to drink that much green tea without any side effects. Maybe you're part of (e.g.) 10% of the population with said mutation. If so, then your situation is the one that doesn't apply to everyone.

yarou 10y ago

It depends on the amount of tea you're using per L of water. One could steep 1 g of tea in 4 L of water, which is essentially drinking water. "1 gallon of tea" provides very little information on the amount of tea used.

ucaetano 10y ago

White tea has around 20mg of caffeine per cup, compared to 30mg for green tea and 95mg/cup for coffee. So your "1 gallon/day" of white tea gets you about the same caffeine content as 1L of black coffee per day, with a total intake of ~320mg of caffeine per day. About 100mg per day of caffeine can cause addiction. So the odds are that you're a caffeine addict. On the other hand, you might be immune to caffeine or have low sensitivity. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/research/bpru/docs/caffeine_dependence_fact_sheet.pdf https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/psychiatry/research/bpru/doc...

problems 10y ago
Yeah, I drink 1.5L of black tea a day. Around 300mg of caffeine. Can confirm, I am definitely a caffeine addict. In fact, I switched to tea mostly because I was consuming a ridiculous amount of unneeded calories in sugar and cream in energy drinks and coffee when I mostly just wanted tasty caffeine.
malnourish 10y ago
Many of us are caffeine addicts.