Posted by Larry Hoover on August 25, 2007, at 22:12:27
In reply to The raw data on coffee, posted by Jamal Spelling on August 24, 2007, at 8:26:27
> Friends
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> I have been doing amateur research on the health effects of coffee. As far as I can tell, it is mostly good for you, except that I get mixed information about its effects on the heart and kidneys.The information is mixed because individuals differ in their sensitivity to this drug.
> Do any of you know what the effects of coffee and caffeine are on the heart and kidneys? I'm talking here quantities of caffeine in the order of 500 mg daily.
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> JamalYou are probably safe at that dose (approx. 3-4 cups of coffee), because most examples of toxicity occur at at least 10 times that dose.....but think of e.g. heart rhythm disturbance in terms of crossing a threshold. No one can predict your individual arrythmic threshold dose, ahead of time, but it's likely to be a fairly stable concentration of caffeine that adversely affects you in that manner. On average, the threshold might be many times higher, but yours could be low. Very unlikely to cause any problems. Very unlikely.
Lar
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