I read Voltaire did this... Died when he was 83.
I read Voltaire did this... Died when he was 83.
coffee was different in the 1700s. The same, but different. There was no standardized method of roast the beans, grind them, 2 tablespoons ground coffee for 8 oz of water. The coffee he drank could have been much weaker, or an infusion like tea. Your average cup of coffee today has 95 mg of caffeine. 50 of these would have 4750 mg of caffeine. The lethal dose of caffeine is about 150 to 200 mg/kg of body mass. Thats about 100 cups of coffee. However, if you drank this amount in a single day, you still wouldn't reach that probably, because your body gets rid of the drug. The biological half life of coffee is about 6 hours and can be decreased by other drugs.
If you did this you'd have some symptoms mirroring psychosis, messed up sleep, probably would vomit a lot, your heartbeat and breathing would be screwed up, you probably wouldn't feel good getting the slightest amount of exercise. A few other things too. In short, you'd be like a functional addict to any other drug if you did this long term.
Whoever claimed Voltaire drank 50 cups of coffee a day was full of crap.
if you sample size is n=1, can you still talk about an outlier?
Smaller cups back in Voltaire's day.
He probably only drank 12-13 in today's "mugs".
would have died of water poisoning (hyponatremia).
probably the 1st day or 2, not long term. That person, stupid in today's standard, is not going to survive long term. BTW, writers are known for their propensity for exaggeration.
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would have died of water poisoning (hyponatremia).
If he started with five cups a day...nothing.
The human body is built to adapt. There are Vicodin junkies who take 90 pills a day and survive.
Just read an article that the top two percent of drinkers in the U.S. consume MORE than 10 drinks a day, every day.
Balzac wrote:
I read Voltaire did this... Died when he was 83.
Heavy Coffee drinker here. I kicked coffee recently and my circadian cycle went normal and early naturally.
Anyway here goes:
Terrible (!!!) heartburn and acid reflux
Barrett's esophagitis
Stomach ulcers
Sleep issues (circadian disruption, poor sleep quality, trouble falling asleep)
Adrenal exhaustion (and endocrine system damage), hormonal disruption/imbalances
Psychosis (reversible but perhaps some long term effects)
Stained teeth (!!!)
Damaged enamel, cavities, gum inflammation
Renal system damage, possible kidney stones
Erectile dysfunction
The list could go on but I'm starting to feel malaise just listing these do I gotta stop. I was going to end with a humorous quip but in imagined pain, I forgot it.
Coffee abuse is not a good thing. If you "have" to do it, make it a passing phase in your life. If you enjoy getting high, using it for work enhancing or Performance, then do it sparingly and make sure to recover from it and for it. Also look into vaporizing (in moderation) hq Mary jay / Mary jay extract instead.
The deceiving thing about coffee is that, for good health and lifestyle, really requires one to be involved in a prolonged process:
To exercise well and sleep well and make good lifestyle decisions, you must be sober and natural and continuously discerning of your natural rhythm, energy stores, feelings, muscular pain and healing needs and stimulating needs, stress, etc.
To miss this process = disaster.
It is a bit paradoxical as coffee can be used as a crutch for those not perfect enough yet but it has a price; and then to some extent all drugs require self perfection and completion for ideal enjoyable use.