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How much coffee would a person have to ingest to have a heart attack?

... I'm asking for a friend.

Posted - March 18, 2017

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  • 7792
      March 18, 2017 1:08 PM MDT
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  • 7939
    That is epic. It linked to a caffeine calculator.I can have more than 75 cups of coffee in a day and not die. That is my new goal. lol
    https://www.caffeineinformer.com/death-by-caffeine
      March 18, 2017 1:20 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    Well, let's not hope it comes to that.
      March 18, 2017 1:30 PM MDT
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  • Did i hear sleep deprivation mentioned in there somewhere?
      March 18, 2017 2:17 PM MDT
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  • 5808
    question for a friend? haha
      March 18, 2017 4:05 PM MDT
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  • It says my daily limit is 4.2 8oz. cups a day.    That's freaking cruel!   I drink that before noon that latest. 
      March 18, 2017 6:12 PM MDT
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  • Asking a qualified medical person would be a better choice than AM.
      March 18, 2017 1:10 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Not sure - sorry
      March 18, 2017 1:18 PM MDT
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  • 46117
    Oh, I see.  For a "friend".

    (cough cough)

    Seriously, I think you are talking about someone with a normal heart.  Here is the answer.  I do not know.

    I can tell you this.  Caffeine in pill form is way stronger than coffee and if you took a whole bottle of that stuff, I am sure you would at least be carted to the Emergency Room.

    (or your friend)
      March 18, 2017 3:20 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    not sure but if you were to ask this question on healthtap.com a real doctor will email you back, I used to get these coffee drinks on the way to church every wk, it was a 44 ounze cup and it was like a chocolate coffee shake, i would sit there during sunday school and drink it, and my feet and hands would sometimes go numb, needless to say i stopped drinking it and also going to that church, i do drink coffee, i just dont get that one anymore, sometimes it gave me stabbing pains in my hands too
      March 18, 2017 4:44 PM MDT
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  • As long as you have one glass of wine after every 5th cup of coffee, you will be ok. 
      March 18, 2017 4:52 PM MDT
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  • 1128
    Bahahaha
      March 19, 2017 10:00 AM MDT
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  • ;)
      March 19, 2017 10:03 AM MDT
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  • 1002
    I suppose that would depend greatly on their body-size, overall health and whether or not they're a regular coffee drinker.
      March 18, 2017 6:08 PM MDT
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  • I just saw something about some barista.   I think in Sweden.  Came up with a new coffee concoction that has over half the lethal dose of caffeine in it.
    It was for a nurse working some insane shift.  Anyway it took her something like two days to drink and didn't sleep for several days after she finished it.

    So two of those could do it apparently.
      March 18, 2017 6:09 PM MDT
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  • The last guy I knew tried that is dead now and I couldn't understand how many cups he said he had. 
      March 18, 2017 6:15 PM MDT
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  • I don't know, it's probably a lot. I drink a crap load of caffeine when I'm working, and I'm far from dead. 
      March 18, 2017 7:51 PM MDT
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  • 7683
    Dunno about heart attack but it causes auditory hallucinations, If you’ve just downed your fifth cup of coffee and you seem to be hearing things that aren’t actually there, well, you might want to blame the caffeine in your cup of Joe;))
    So, JA, if you hear anything bad about me it is just the coffee hearing it;)) This post was edited by Veena.K at March 18, 2017 8:01 PM MDT
      March 18, 2017 8:00 PM MDT
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  • 5614
    Please read. It my save your life or that of others..
    https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/how-much-caffeine-will-kill-you-127
      March 18, 2017 8:09 PM MDT
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  • 44597
    That structural formula is awesome...my next tattoo.
      March 19, 2017 10:36 AM MDT
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  • 5614
    The meth molecule is more intense.
      March 19, 2017 5:10 PM MDT
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