Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning

Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by morsch on Sunday November 26, 2023 @06:23AM (#38420814)

"Among those drinking coffee daily, almost 80 percent drank two or more cups while at home on a weekday."

https://www.statista.com/chart/19524/cups-of-coffee-drunk-by...

"The average American coffee drinker drinks just over 3 cups per day."

https://www.ncausa.org/newsroom/nca-releases-atlas-of-americ...

200 mg is about two cups of coffee.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/how-much-caffeine-in-co...

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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by FirmwareBurner on Sunday November 26, 2023 @06:26AM (#38420824)

That doesn't prove everyone who drinks coffee is a chronic consumer. Caffeine doses are not binary, as in either you don't drink any coffee at all or are a chronic consumer otherwise.

What about those who consume it in small moderation?

Just because other people abuse it doesn't mean those who do not suffer the exact same negative effects in the same manner.

Of course studies will mostly focus on the cronic consumers as those will generally show the biggest symptoms and will be easier to study and draw conclusions versus the non coffee consumers, but that doesn't mean everyone is chronic consumer.

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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by mort96 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @07:08AM (#38421010)

Those who consume it regularly, even in small amounts, are chronic consumers.

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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by david-gpu on Sunday November 26, 2023 @07:34AM (#38421134)

> Those who consume it regularly, even in small amounts, are chronic consumers

Not as defined in the study we are discussing, which labels "chronic consumers" those who take more than 200mg of caffeine per day.

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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by mort96 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @09:08AM (#38421690)

Thanks, that's an important point. Interesting way to define "chronic".

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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by mahogany on Sunday November 26, 2023 @07:17AM (#38421058)

It would help if you defined “chronic consumer” in this context, because consuming multiple cups of coffee a day certainly sounds chronic to me.

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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by darthrupert on Sunday November 26, 2023 @07:32AM (#38421129)

It's a reasonable assumption, given how addictive, plentiful and socially encouraged coffee is.

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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by KptMarchewa on Sunday November 26, 2023 @06:59AM (#38420968)

Cups is not telling a lot. Are those two espressos, americanos, or something else?

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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by walthamstow on Sunday November 26, 2023 @08:03AM (#38421301)

Americano is espresso + water so I don't think that particular distinction will matter

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Re:Daily Coffee Habits May Affect Brain Plasticity and Learning by jncfhnb on Sunday November 26, 2023 @07:08AM (#38421012)

I mean mostly they’re gonna be coffees

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