Coffee
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Remember a while ago someone saying "if you find yourself unable to get through a day with less than 3 or 4 mug-sized doses of coffee, then you're really in trouble"...hmmmm....I can't get through a day without a cup on my desk constantly - equates to roughly one every half hour at most, which based on a 10 hour working day, means that I must be on 20 mugs a day.... Two questions - 1.how much does everyone else drink, and 2. what are the ill effects that I have apparently not noticed with this amount of caffeine in me? PS - fount the ideal smiley for such a post: :omg: "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
Hi,:omg: 1.how much does everyone else drink I am like you. I always have a cup on my desk until about Noon. Then It is a soda. 2. what are the ill effects that I have apparently not noticed with this amount of caffeine in me? I have had no problems other than needing to use the john often. Joe McPhail www.jempro.com
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Remember a while ago someone saying "if you find yourself unable to get through a day with less than 3 or 4 mug-sized doses of coffee, then you're really in trouble"...hmmmm....I can't get through a day without a cup on my desk constantly - equates to roughly one every half hour at most, which based on a 10 hour working day, means that I must be on 20 mugs a day.... Two questions - 1.how much does everyone else drink, and 2. what are the ill effects that I have apparently not noticed with this amount of caffeine in me? PS - fount the ideal smiley for such a post: :omg: "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
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Remember a while ago someone saying "if you find yourself unable to get through a day with less than 3 or 4 mug-sized doses of coffee, then you're really in trouble"...hmmmm....I can't get through a day without a cup on my desk constantly - equates to roughly one every half hour at most, which based on a 10 hour working day, means that I must be on 20 mugs a day.... Two questions - 1.how much does everyone else drink, and 2. what are the ill effects that I have apparently not noticed with this amount of caffeine in me? PS - fount the ideal smiley for such a post: :omg: "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
RichardGrimmer wrote: 1.how much does everyone else drink, and 2. what are the ill effects that I have apparently not noticed with this amount of caffeine in me? I used to drink 4 - 8 pots a day. Definitely not healthy. Now I manage with only one pot in the morning, a vast improvement. Dehydration is a much overlooked effect of excessive coffee consumption; abdominal pain is another. I've heard, too, that caffeine is also associated with the formation of fibrous cysts in various parts of the body - not a problem I've encountered yet, but one I'd definitely prefer to avoid. It's worth keeping in mind that caffeine is an alkaloid, a relative of strychnine - a deadly poison used to kill rats. The toxicity of caffeine is very low, but in large concentrations it is likely to be quite damaging over time. Will Build Nuclear Missile For Food - No Target Too Small
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RChin wrote: make up the caffine craving by drinking tea instead Isn't it true that tea has more caffeine than coffee when made strongly? And do remember seeing the inside of a heavy tea drinker's stomach once (don't ask), and it was stained orange from (apparently) all the tannin! "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
Yeck! That orange stomach biz is gross! I can't handle coffee anymore tho i LOVE it... stomach probs. drop coffee has the most caffeine per cup then espresso with about 3/4 of drip. then tea with about 1/2 of drip. then cola,pop,etc at a LITTLE below tea. At least my stomach can HANDLE 2 cups of tea each day. And i still get a caffiene boost albeit a WEAK one...:( I miss coffee soooooo bad :/ and now i know my stomach is orange! thanks a LOT! gettin middle aged-ish bites :) ...Steve
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RichardGrimmer wrote: 1.how much does everyone else drink, and 2. what are the ill effects that I have apparently not noticed with this amount of caffeine in me? I used to drink 4 - 8 pots a day. Definitely not healthy. Now I manage with only one pot in the morning, a vast improvement. Dehydration is a much overlooked effect of excessive coffee consumption; abdominal pain is another. I've heard, too, that caffeine is also associated with the formation of fibrous cysts in various parts of the body - not a problem I've encountered yet, but one I'd definitely prefer to avoid. It's worth keeping in mind that caffeine is an alkaloid, a relative of strychnine - a deadly poison used to kill rats. The toxicity of caffeine is very low, but in large concentrations it is likely to be quite damaging over time. Will Build Nuclear Missile For Food - No Target Too Small
caffeine is used to kill frogs in Hawaii. http://www.hawaiiag.org/hdoa/newsrelease/01-20.htm
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Used to have 8 or 10 mugs. Am down to 3 maybe 4 and they are all before lunch. A coke with lunch and that usually the end of caffiene intake for the day, else I stay up all night :-)
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RichardGrimmer wrote: 1.how much does everyone else drink, and 2. what are the ill effects that I have apparently not noticed with this amount of caffeine in me? I used to drink 4 - 8 pots a day. Definitely not healthy. Now I manage with only one pot in the morning, a vast improvement. Dehydration is a much overlooked effect of excessive coffee consumption; abdominal pain is another. I've heard, too, that caffeine is also associated with the formation of fibrous cysts in various parts of the body - not a problem I've encountered yet, but one I'd definitely prefer to avoid. It's worth keeping in mind that caffeine is an alkaloid, a relative of strychnine - a deadly poison used to kill rats. The toxicity of caffeine is very low, but in large concentrations it is likely to be quite damaging over time. Will Build Nuclear Missile For Food - No Target Too Small
Thanks....I was reading your post and realized that I drink more coffee than water in a normal day!!! I reach out for the coffee cup instead of the water almost involuntarily....Now I'll be more careful... Pia "Don't try to out-weird me, three eyes. I get weirder things than you in my breakfast cereal."
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RChin wrote: make up the caffine craving by drinking tea instead Isn't it true that tea has more caffeine than coffee when made strongly? And do remember seeing the inside of a heavy tea drinker's stomach once (don't ask), and it was stained orange from (apparently) all the tannin! "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
RichardGrimmer wrote: do remember seeing the inside of a heavy tea drinker's stomach once (don't ask), and it was stained orange from (apparently) all the tannin! You been sticking cameras down my throat while I have been sleeping? ;) Based on how dirty my tea cup gets, I am going to remain blissfully ignorant of my stomach. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
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Remember a while ago someone saying "if you find yourself unable to get through a day with less than 3 or 4 mug-sized doses of coffee, then you're really in trouble"...hmmmm....I can't get through a day without a cup on my desk constantly - equates to roughly one every half hour at most, which based on a 10 hour working day, means that I must be on 20 mugs a day.... Two questions - 1.how much does everyone else drink, and 2. what are the ill effects that I have apparently not noticed with this amount of caffeine in me? PS - fount the ideal smiley for such a post: :omg: "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox
I used to drink 20 cups of tea or coffee a day. Got it down to about 8 now. I did not have any health problems but something told me 20 was just asking for trouble. For a week or two I felt like crap (went cold turkey to see what it felt like) but then it was all fine. When I started drinking again it tasted good but 8 a day I have stuck to. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
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RichardGrimmer wrote: do remember seeing the inside of a heavy tea drinker's stomach once (don't ask), and it was stained orange from (apparently) all the tannin! You been sticking cameras down my throat while I have been sleeping? ;) Based on how dirty my tea cup gets, I am going to remain blissfully ignorant of my stomach. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Christopher Duncan quoted: "...that would require my explaining Einstein's Fear of Relatives" Crikey! ain't life grand? Einstein says...
RichardGrimmer wrote: do remember seeing the inside of a heavy tea drinker's stomach once (don't ask) OK - should explain - frind of mine at Uni was doing a pathology course, and got the the stage where he hat to dissect a cadaver - went into the lab(?) and he showed me - now I don't have the strongest of stomachs (no pun intended!), but had to fight hadr to keep it down "Now I guess I'll sit back and watch people misinterpret what I just said......" Christian Graus At The Soapbox