What Are the Safe Limits of Coffee for These Top 8 Brands
With a little history of how coffee was discovered
Nobody has died after visiting Starbucks. But Davis Allen Cripe, 16, chugged a cafe latte from McDonald’s, a large Mountain Dew, and an energy drink — and suddenly died in the classroom.
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How much is safe
What makes coffee energizing is caffeine. It’s the active ingredient of coffee, sodas, and all energy drinks. Too much caffeine can kill you, but the exact amount depends on your age and weight.
Tara Haelle wrote in a Forbes story of an expert, Dr. Sweeney, who said: “I’ve never known of a case where somebody died from three caffeinated drinks.”
In moderation, coffee can lower the risk of heart disease. But if you drink many cups, your heartbeat can go to 180 — or to a higher number — for a second. “Such irregular beats may damage your heart,” says Thomas A. Sweeney, M.D., associate chair of the department of medicine at Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Delaware.
You can consume 400 mg of caffeine without any problem. But different sizes and various brands of…
