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Up to 25 cups of coffee a day safe for heart health, study finds
- rossdavidh 7y agoI like coffee, but oh my god don't drink 25 cups of coffee a day. I'm not necessarily saying it would be bad for your heart, I'm just saying that sounds horrible.
- lucas_membrane 7y agoLooks like the article did not address heart issues, only 'stiffening of the arteries.' IIRC, there was another study about a month back that found 15% increase in some heart issues with more than 2 or 3 cups per day of caffeinated beverage.
- musicale 7y agoOnly 25? Guess I should cut back a bit.
- blacksmith_tb 7y agoAs an undergrad, I used to average about 15 cups, at that level your tolerance is high enough that you need 2-3 cups to feel anything. Of course, it's commonly claimed that Voltaire drank at least 40 cups a day[1] 1: http://www.openculture.com/2015/03/philosophers-drinking-coffee.html http://www.openculture.com/2015/03/philosophers-drinking-cof...
- nitwit005 7y ago40 cups sounds like it's pushing the limits of what you can drink.
- gdcohen 7y agoMaybe the cups were smaller in those days :-)
- bradknowles 7y agoWhat’s really relevant is the amount of caffeine per cup and the total amount of caffeine per day, not the amount of cups or the size of cups.
- nitwit005 7y agoThe size of the cups matters because you can only drink so much fluid in a day. Even 40 small cups is a lot of liquid.
- dang 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20083260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20083260
- HNLurker2 7y agoM'lord dang