Coffee! How much is too much?

f1tness4life
f1tness4life Posts: 32 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I really love my coffee! But how much is to much? 4 cups a day ok? Has anyone had a caffeine detox? Or do you not even need it? I would like natural energy eventually! ha.
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  • misterdale67
    misterdale67 Posts: 171 Member
    Too much coffee? Perish the thought!!
  • Working2BLean
    Working2BLean Posts: 386 Member
    I like 2-3 cups a day.

    Detox is a strange word for something that is good for you in moderation

    Check out links to Alzheimer's and coffee. It seems to help. Still debated but interesting info.



  • bubble_wrap0428
    bubble_wrap0428 Posts: 88 Member
    There is such thing as too much anything. It sucks because I live off of coffee too I would say as long as it's not loaded with cream and sugar it should be okay. Also if you are keeping hydrated with water. 4 cups isn't so bad, but to just stop doing that it would be tough. Caffeine withdrawals are very real.
  • MommyL2015
    MommyL2015 Posts: 1,411 Member
    Too much coffee? Pfft. Never.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Coffee, FTW!!
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    This thread is going to make me cry. Lol! Coffee is the staple of my diet ! Lol
  • trswallow
    trswallow Posts: 116 Member
    You have had too much coffee when it interferes with your sleep or when you start acting like Tweak on South Park.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    coffee actually has a lot of nutritional benefits...it's all the stuff people put in it that can cause problems. I'd say too much coffee would be when you start acting like you're hopped up on crack...that's probably too much coffee.
  • Pawsforme
    Pawsforme Posts: 645 Member
    I personally don't think there's any such thing as too much coffee. ;)

    But it doesn't bother me -- I don't get jittery or shaky, my BP isn't elevated, it doesn't (at the moment) cause any intestinal distress, I don't have any trouble sleeping, etc. If it does any of those things to someone then they're probably drinking too much for them.
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  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,321 Member
    4 cups a day, unless they are huge, is not nearly too much. When I was doing my Masters I had a 24oz mug and would drink 4-6 a day. That was too much.
  • riffraff2112
    riffraff2112 Posts: 1,756 Member
    I was at about 6-8 cups a day, with sugar and cream/milk I felt it was a few too many calories. I started cutting back on the added milk and sugar (down to one and one). Still drank 6 cups a day throughout my loss.
    At maintenance, our coffee fund guy retired at work, no one wants to keep it running, so I am down to about 3-4 cups a day. Lucky coincidence.
    Would never give it up, but definitely was mindful of the calories. If I avoided drinking later than 5pm, it never kept me up.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Pshaw

    I drink 3-4 cups between 6.30 and 9am
  • brianpperkins
    brianpperkins Posts: 6,124 Member
    Coffee is natural energy.
  • jenmsu83
    jenmsu83 Posts: 185 Member
    I drink about 20 oz a day, and I add cream and splenda to it. It's usually anywhere from 50-100 cals a day and it has never hindered my weight loss.
  • coffee_rocks
    coffee_rocks Posts: 275 Member
    You called?
  • LaceyBirds
    LaceyBirds Posts: 451 Member
    Stop before you get to this point:

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  • TheBeachgod
    TheBeachgod Posts: 825 Member
    How do you detox from caffeine?














    oh, yeah.

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  • Josalinn
    Josalinn Posts: 1,066 Member
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    There was a time when I was drinking about 60 ounces of coffee a day. (yay law school!) It started negatively affecting me. My stomach felt like it was full of acid all the time, and I was needing more and more to get the same effect. I had to go cold turkey for a couple of weeks and then slowly reintegrated it.

    So now I limit to 2 cups a day. So yes I think there can be such a thing as too much coffee.
  • RalphtheWeber
    RalphtheWeber Posts: 8 Member
    I combined decaf with the caffeine coffee to reduce the amount of caffeine and I don't have the shakes. I use to drink pots of coffee and had to scale it back.yes there is a draw back. We all have to know our limits. But know where to draw the line.
  • antennachick
    antennachick Posts: 464 Member
    If you dont have heath problems such as high blood pressure then 4 cups is usually good. The problem comes when you drink too much caffeine from a combo of coffee, energy drinks and soda.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I figure that too much is when I start getting shaky. I get free coffee at work, and it's the really good stuff (customers pay $2.50 a cup for it) so I tend to overindulge a bit on it. Forbme, too much is when I start to have trouble typing on the cash register.
  • f1tness4life
    f1tness4life Posts: 32 Member
    Guess I'm worried about teeth staining too!
  • jacklifts
    jacklifts Posts: 396 Member
    For me, it becomes too much when drinking a cup only gives me a boost for 10-15 minutes and I feel like crashing afterwards. I'm falling asleep all the time, but can't stay asleep more than 4-5 hours overnight. Then I know I have to cut back.

    What I've done to cut back is buy decaffeinated coffee, tea, and decaffeinated tea. So I start to substitute caffeinated tea for coffee one cup at a time. Sometimes I really feel like coffee, so I use the decaf. Once I get down to 1 cup of coffee a day, I start substituting decaf tea for the regular tea. By that time, I'm usually back to normal, and start drinking 2 cups of regular coffee a day.
  • theSlippery1
    theSlippery1 Posts: 8 Member
    edited November 2015
    Coffee enables caffeine addiction. Caffeine blows various receptors giving you a rush. The more you take, the more you'll need. It'll get you in the end. If you think you're having too much coffee, then go without for 5 days.... if they are the worst five days imaginable, with headaches, dizziness and brain fog, then yep, you've been having too much caffeine. If the concept of five days without caffeine scares you, then yep, you're having too much caffeine. Do you even remember what normal feels like?
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    I will drink all the coffee
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    If you get shaky or bounce off the walls, you had too much caffeine. If you think you are drinking too much, cut down gradually or you could get withdrawal symptoms like headaches, excessive sleepiness, crankiness, etc. If you are drinking the amount that you do drink in order to avoid these symptoms, you probably are drinking too much and should cut down some. I had to do this. I hated the feeling that I HAD to drink coffee in order to function. Now I have 2 cups in the morning and decaf only if I have some later in the day. I cut down from about 6 cups a day and function normally if there is a day when I don't get caffeine.

    Also, if you are trying to lose weight and you drink several high calorie coffee drinks a day, you should cut down too. Use those calories on something with a little more nutrition.
  • thebozz7
    thebozz7 Posts: 30 Member
    I love coffee I drink 2 -3 cups a day I don't think that it's bad if you don't have a reaction to it but there is a catch, coffee was me t to be drunk similar to water in one sip because when you start taking sips and do that for long periods of time your teeths will get damage by turning yellow and some other things according to my dental doctor but I love it so much I still drink it by sips
    I would say don't worry.
  • CC2435
    CC2435 Posts: 21 Member
    The only time I "detox" from coffee is when I feel like a few cups aren't giving me the pep that it used to. At that point I switch to green tea so that I can reduce the amount of caffeine I need without having the withdraw headaches. A week later, two cups of coffee make me feel wonderful again.
  • antennachick
    antennachick Posts: 464 Member
    thebozz7 wrote: »
    I love coffee I drink 2 -3 cups a day I don't think that it's bad if you don't have a reaction to it but there is a catch, coffee was me t to be drunk similar to water in one sip because when you start taking sips and do that for long periods of time your teeths will get damage by turning yellow and some other things according to my dental doctor but I love it so much I still drink it by sips
    I would say don't worry.
    I am no expert but my dentist said that coffee will stain your teeth but not cause actual damage. I have seen people use those little mixing straws to prevent at least the front teeth from stain.

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