Coffee! How much is too much?

youngmomtaz

I usually drink coffee 2-3 days a week. Those are weekends or days off work. Usually 2-3 cups a day on those days. Other than that I drink tea. I never drank coffee until about 3 years ago. We went to Cuba on holiday and I drank 2 cups each day. So yummy the coffee in Cuba!! Got home and had to go buy a coffee perk. We had never owned one until then. Headed back to Cuba this winter and I will bring home as much coffee as customs will allow me!! And a bit of rum.

emilytaylor7

One cup in the morning and one cup in the afternoon should be plenty. I use a light creamer and sometimes Splenda.

neohdiver

midwesterner85 wrote: »

neohdiver wrote: »

"Normal" feels exactly the same as when I'm drinking 4-6 cups a day (which I do every day). I typically have no coffee from Friday PM through Monday around noon.

My daughter did a science experiment on me twice during her middle/high school career: no coffee or caffeine for 1-2 weeks. The first time was just to test for withdrawal symptoms. The second was to compare vital signs when I consumed caffeine v. when I didn't.

No increased/decreased alertness
No headaches
No brain fog
No dizziness
More variation between AM and PM blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration on any given day than there was between caffeine week and caffeine free week.

I'm sure quantity has a lot of bearing. Normally, I don't notice physical reaction to caffeine anymore. But sometimes with high caffeine intake during short periods of time, my heart rate can jump up to 120's while resting.

Quantity makes no difference for me. (There are some things which elevate my heart rate - for example an ingredient in the 70s version of Midol - but caffeine just isn't one of them.)

Hearts_2015

any amount is too much for me... I'm pretty energetic just drinking water

...coffee or pretty much any caffeine at all puts me over the top! Even the occasional tea I drink is caffeine free.

But that's just's me

T1DCarnivoreRunner

neohdiver wrote: »

midwesterner85 wrote: »

neohdiver wrote: »

"Normal" feels exactly the same as when I'm drinking 4-6 cups a day (which I do every day). I typically have no coffee from Friday PM through Monday around noon.

My daughter did a science experiment on me twice during her middle/high school career: no coffee or caffeine for 1-2 weeks. The first time was just to test for withdrawal symptoms. The second was to compare vital signs when I consumed caffeine v. when I didn't.

No increased/decreased alertness
No headaches
No brain fog
No dizziness
More variation between AM and PM blood pressure, heart rate, and respiration on any given day than there was between caffeine week and caffeine free week.

I'm sure quantity has a lot of bearing. Normally, I don't notice physical reaction to caffeine anymore. But sometimes with high caffeine intake during short periods of time, my heart rate can jump up to 120's while resting.

Quantity makes no difference for me. (There are some things which elevate my heart rate - for example an ingredient in the 70s version of Midol - but caffeine just isn't one of them.)

It isn't normally noticeable for me, but there have been times where I've consumed 600-700 mg of caffeine and start to notice an increased pulse within 1-2 hours.

There was once that I vomited after somewhere around 3,000 mg of caffeine.

beemerphile1

I fill my half gallon thermos in the morning and empty it by bedtime.

Jayz395

I can't give up my coffee, I have about 4 a day,

MeiannaLee

Your title is an oxymoron