If it’s coffee/tea, how do you take it? I typically end up consuming 200-400 Mg a day depending on if I go to the gym or work overnight. I either do black coffee (iced ideally) or sugar free redbull/monster. I’m considering switching to caffeine pills but I know it wont scratch that habitual itch of drinking it down.
Eyeballs and I don’t have time for your FUCKING NUMBERS STOP BREATHING AT ME
two cups a day, stopping before 3pm. usually shit my pants at around 10
I detest coffee. My caffeine intake is wholly sodas, specifically Coke Zero. It only has 34mg per 12oz, so I don’t get a lot of caffeine every day.
I’m not a medical professional, this is not medical advice.
So there are factors to consider; the strength of the dosage and the frequency at which it’s being consumed. Additionally if there are rest cycles.
The positive effects of caffeine are significantly reduced by the frequency it’s consumed. This can lead the user to consume more to reach their desired experience.
The negative effects however are capable of stacking. Such as its impact on blood pressure and one’s capacity to regulate emotions. Caffeine is also a poor stimulate for someone who is already fatigued or is experiencing weakened attention. It’s best at maintaining ones current level of awareness and fatigue.
One could be accidentally poisoning themselves with vitamins or other additives before caffeine becomes the concern.
It’s generally accepted that 400mg of caffeine in a 24 hour period for a healthy individual is the maximum dosage.
To avoid a dependency on caffeine and to experience its positive effects at regular dosages. It’s best to practice moderation only by consuming it rarely.
Many people will find this unreasonable. The next best option is to practice rest cycles of equivalent proportions. Such as 2 days on, 2 days off. Going larger than that invites negative effects such as withdrawal and tolerance forming.
Everyone is unique, I’m not trying to write a scientific paper. I invite everyone to scrutinize this information and consult with qualified professionals about their own health before following through with information on the Internet. Addiction in all its forms is a serious matter and deserves respect.
I miss coffee, but I can’t afford decaff right now. Been drinking a lot of roibis tea recently. Tastes good especially with oat milk and no caffeine
Rectally, to mix things up!
Boof it; Enough.
Tea, about 6 pints a day, my cup holds just over 1 pint 6* a day. I have mini tuocha for home, tea resin for travel, and some curio tea for variety.
I have caffeine pills in the car, but I’ve never used them. As for caffeine amount I dunno… a lot probably.
I drink about 1, 24oz can of NOS a day and those have, IIRC, 350mg of caffeine total. It’s 4 servings.
Cold brew with a splash of heavy cream. IYKYK. Lately La Colombe light roast. Over ice in a rocks glass. 2 or 3 a day.
If I have any after 3:30pm I take an L-Theanine or eat a banana to take the edge off and protect my sleep.
Right now I have 3 sources:
- mate drinks like Mio Mate (found in Germany) and that’s 100 mg a bottle which is all I’ll have a day unless I’m really feeling it (so max 200).
- black coffee which I hand grind and brew via aeropress. Just one cup normally. I don’t have any idea how many mg that is but it feels as fast as the mate although maybe anecdotally weaker.
- loose leaf tea, which I brew once or twice a day, using old leaves from the day before (if I’m on a streak) and a splash of new ones (unless it’s the first day where it’s all new). Feels slower but lasts longer so maybe it’s more caffeine? I guess it depends on if I’m doing black or green or white etc.
So I’d guess 100-150 mg on average on days where I’m having caffeine. I try to do long breaks between a couple weeks of having it. So like a week or two of drinking caffeinated drinks and a week or two not having it. Not too stringent but just something I’m cognizant of to not get dependent.
The last day I consumed a ridiculous amount of coffee was a triple shot long black, two double shots long blacks, and an extra strong cappuccino (or two). All before 2PM. Bad day at work.
Realised I was drinking it way too often and too high of a concentration to be healthy, and it was really affecting me negatively. I quit cold turkey, and I haven’t looked back.
Now I can drink matcha and chai (both made at home… Can’t justify $8+ for either at a cafe). Only one or the other per day. Coffee is cheaper at a cafe, but unsure if I want to go down that road again.
Unironically recommend Gamersupps, despite their whole marketing schtick of ridiculous art on some of the flavours, the actual drinks themselves are undeniably good.
None of the canned energy drink blood thinners and aspatame /acesulfamine sweeteners, none of the sugar since theyve replaced it with sucralose, none of the Lead found in other energy drink powders, they actually pay their artists and outright refuse to use generative images.
Papa meat shills it and I’ve always wondered.
If you like watermelon sweets his flavour is top tier (and the art is way less nsfw than some)
Honourable mention for the flavour called snake oil, don’t watch JFJ but the drink tastes like a top tier apple pie
I drink three cups of coffee a day, first thing in the morning. If there is caffeine in something else I consume I am ignorant of it.
Ideal amount, 3-5/day
That is what i understand as well.
Fair enough
400 Mg? sounds orders of magnitude beyond lethal. How do you even shove all that into your system?
Thats like 4 standard cups of coffee throughout the day lol. I strictly work 12 hour shifts. So, on my overnights I do about 100 mg on the way in and a few more coffees/energy drinks through the night. If I go to the gym I do another 100 mg right before I start lifting. Day shifts I’ll do 100 on the way in and usually a mid day coffee or a coffee before I hit the gym. I also have ADHD so caffeine hits me kinda weakly.
I think it’s a joke about Mg vs mg.
Lol
Exactly. Capital letters matter in science and technology.
Oh, ok so that was only a 10⁹ times more… No biggie. LOL.
Anyway, as long as you’re able to sleep well, it should be ok. Personally, I think 2 cups (2*200 ml) is a good amount for me. The exact amount of caffeine that contains depends on the type of coffee beans I use. The concentration in the drinkable liquid should be around 300 mg/l, but who knows really. Dark roast will have less than light roast. In any case, that could be something like 2cups/d *0.2 l/cup *300 mg/l = 120 mg/d. Compared to that, I would still say your caffeine intake is a lot higher than mine.
Anyway, as a fun thought experiment, I looked up what caffeine costs and what it would take to buy 400 Mg of it. Sigma-Aldrich/Merck sells 25 kg drums of this stuff and they charge only 1060 € for each. What a bargain for food grade caffeine!
That means, you would need to order 16 000 drums of it. That will be quite a few pallets. Is that going to be more than a single lorry? Don’t worry about it. It will cost you only 16 960 000 €, so I guess now would be a good time to start a company to get those tax deductions on chemical orders. On the other hand, you might actually want to contact one of the many factories that produce decaf beans and ask for a better price. All of that caffeine has to go somewhere, right?
Usually, I would recommend using gloves, respirator, full hazmat suit etc. when handling this kind of cargo, but in this case that would kinda defeat the purpose.
source: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/DE/en/product/aldrich/w222402
