Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says
by taneq on Monday April 16, 2018 @09:39PM
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> Consuming even high volumes of coffee isn’t only completely safe
Just my own anecdatum, but I was drinking 4-6 cups of drip coffee a day and it added ~15mmHg to my blood pressure, putting me in a dangerous range. I still drink it now and then but I wouldn't say "even high volumes are completely safe".
Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says
by ben_w on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:09AM
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Depends how much you drink. I realised my mistake after drinking 2 lites of double-strength coffee daily at work for a few months because it was free in my first post graduation job. I have to make a conscious effort to not repeat that.
Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says
by klmr on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:21AM
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Fair enough, everything in moderation. Two litres strikes me as truly exceptional. That said, even that amount probably doesn’t have averse long term health effects if you ensure sufficient water and electrolyte uptake to offset its diuretic effect (another very noticeable side-effect is withdrawal but that’s short-term).
Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says
by YeOakAye on Monday April 16, 2018 @07:38AM
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> Two litres strikes me as truly exceptional.
That's ~6 can-sized coffees a day.
Split that into 3 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon and it doesn't seem "truly exceptional" to me. Perhaps a tad overindulgent, but I could hit a handful of people with a bread roll from where I'm sitting who would qualify.
Re:‘Moderate’ drinking guidelines are too loose, study says
by ben_w on Monday April 16, 2018 @06:45PM
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Double strength coffee. I was taking three or four times the level that starts causing noticeable anxiety.
One of these things is not like the other: Consuming even high volumes of coffee isn’t only completely safe, it probably has some health benefits. The negative effects of coffee (mostly due to roasting and the associated creation of carcinogens) are routinely exaggerated: https://medium.com/wintoncentre/coffee-and-cancer-what-starb...