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A daily habit does not strike me as moderation

by rdruxn 9y ago

kerng 9y ago
I have been wondering about this for a while about coffee and energy drinks as well. Is one a day already addiction? I have a co-worker who has a Red Bull every day and he pointed to an article that said, one per day is fine. To me it seemed way too much. Maybe moderation is once a week?
- redial 9y ago
  Moderation is entirely related to how much your body can handle. Is a glass of water a day excessive?
- fyfy18 9y ago
  Well an addiction is when you are physically or mentally dependant on something. It doesn’t matter how much you have a day or week, it matters what happens if you don’t have it.
- nanny 9y ago
  >Is one a day already addiction? Absolutely yes. I have only a cup of coffee (or the equivalent caffeine via tea) per day and get killer headaches if I skip a day. Whether this is okay or not, I'm not sure. I usually see articles saying three or four hundred milligrams is okay, but that seems like a lot to me (that's a few cups a day depending on how you measure your cups).
  - ninkendo 9y ago
    I have several cups of coffee per weekday morning and I don't even notice when I skip a day (I don't drink it on weekends since it's more of a work ritual.) Am I addicted?
    - BrandoElFollito 9y ago
      Same here. I also drink on week-ends but forgot once to bring coffee to the office for for days and did not care.
mtgx 9y ago
Exactly what I was going to say. Moderation doesn't just mean you should have 100-200g of something every day. The effects on your body from a daily dose of 200g of broccoli vs 200g of fish vs 200g/ml of Coke vs 200g of sugar vs 200g/ml of whisky are going to be very different. Doctors used to (still do) say that 1 glass of wine a day is fine, and that is considered "moderation" but others now say that you should probably drink alcohol at most once a week to give your liver time to recover and heal completely, because alcohol is toxic. So basically no amounts are really "fine" or should be considered as "moderation". But at least if you give it time to heal that may just work - but still not ideal for your body. A video expanding on this: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/everything-in-moderation-even-heart-disease/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/everything-in-moderation-ev... And another article giving some examples for why "everything in moderation" is a bad idea: http://www.trishamandes.com/blog/2014/5/5/3-reasons-why-everything-in-moderation-is-bs http://www.trishamandes.com/blog/2014/5/5/3-reasons-why-ever...
anonu 9y ago
Fair point. I'm comparing myself to the people who say they have 4 or 5 cups a day... My coffee drinking habit is fairly tame in comparison. But I can't disagree with your point of view either.

A daily habit does not strike me as moderation

by rdruxn 9y ago

A daily habit does not strike me as moderation

I have been wondering about this for a while about coffee and energy drinks as well. Is one a day already addiction? I have a co-worker who has a Red Bull every day and he pointed to an article that said, one per day is fine. To me it seemed way too much. Maybe moderation is once a week?

redial 9y ago
Moderation is entirely related to how much your body can handle. Is a glass of water a day excessive?
fyfy18 9y ago
Well an addiction is when you are physically or mentally dependant on something. It doesn’t matter how much you have a day or week, it matters what happens if you don’t have it.
nanny 9y ago
>Is one a day already addiction? Absolutely yes. I have only a cup of coffee (or the equivalent caffeine via tea) per day and get killer headaches if I skip a day. Whether this is okay or not, I'm not sure. I usually see articles saying three or four hundred milligrams is okay, but that seems like a lot to me (that's a few cups a day depending on how you measure your cups).
- ninkendo 9y ago
  I have several cups of coffee per weekday morning and I don't even notice when I skip a day (I don't drink it on weekends since it's more of a work ritual.) Am I addicted?
  - BrandoElFollito 9y ago
    Same here. I also drink on week-ends but forgot once to bring coffee to the office for for days and did not care.

mtgx 9y ago

Exactly what I was going to say. Moderation doesn't just mean you should have 100-200g of something every day. The effects on your body from a daily dose of 200g of broccoli vs 200g of fish vs 200g/ml of Coke vs 200g of sugar vs 200g/ml of whisky are going to be very different. Doctors used to (still do) say that 1 glass of wine a day is fine, and that is considered "moderation" but others now say that you should probably drink alcohol at most once a week to give your liver time to recover and heal completely, because alcohol is toxic. So basically no amounts are really "fine" or should be considered as "moderation". But at least if you give it time to heal that may just work - but still not ideal for your body. A video expanding on this: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/everything-in-moderation-even-heart-disease/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/everything-in-moderation-ev... And another article giving some examples for why "everything in moderation" is a bad idea: http://www.trishamandes.com/blog/2014/5/5/3-reasons-why-everything-in-moderation-is-bs http://www.trishamandes.com/blog/2014/5/5/3-reasons-why-ever...

anonu 9y ago

Fair point. I'm comparing myself to the people who say they have 4 or 5 cups a day... My coffee drinking habit is fairly tame in comparison. But I can't disagree with your point of view either.