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12-12-2010, 10:35 PM
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How much coffee do you drink?
It is said that 300 mg of caffeine a day is okay. Anything over that can be bad for your health. 1 oz of regular drip coffee has 20 mg of caffeine, so a 'small' cup of coffee (16 oz) will put .. 320 mg of caffeine in your system, which is already more than the recommended daily allowance.
One solution is to drink espresso-based coffee with added hot water ("Americano'). 1 shot of espresso only has 70 mg of caffeine. So, if you're ordering a 'tall' (small) cup of Americano at Starbucks (it has 2 shots), then you only getting 140 ml of caffeine. A 'grande' cup (3 shots) will have 210 mg of caffeine. In my experience, espresso-based coffee tastes much better than regular drip coffee.
Another solution is to drink green tea. I buy jasmine green tea for 3 bucks at the local pharmacy (24 packets inside) and most truck stops do not charge for cups and hot water. (The bankrupt Flying J in McCammon Idaho where I spent a few days recently did ask for 50 cents for each cup.) I prefer getting paper one-time cups because 'travel mugs' after a while tend to distort the taste, no matter what material they are made of and how thoroughly you clean up.
I found that when the first drink of the day is tea, I drink less coffee afterwards. But if I start the morning with coffee, than I'll be drinking coffee all day and will eventually get much much more than the recommended 300 mg of caffeine! I once quit coffee cold turkey for 2 weeks and noticed right away I started sleeping better and felt less tired at the end of each day.
How 'bout you guys? Anyone willing to switch to green tea for a couple of weeks and see what changes in your body?
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12-12-2010, 11:07 PM
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I don't drink coffee, i drink a lot of gatorade... Coffee is bad for you.. lol The question should be ... how often do those guys wash there Coffee mugs.
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12-12-2010, 11:20 PM
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I don't drink coffee, i drink a lot of gatorade... Coffee is bad for you.. lol The question should be ... how often do those guys wash there Coffee mugs.
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Gatorade isn't exactly healthy either. Just look at the carb content on the sticker ....
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12-13-2010, 12:01 AM
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Well, tell it to the military.... i drink about 2 qts a day. I heard that its no difference than drinking water. It has electrolyte's in it.
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12-13-2010, 12:19 AM
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Well, tell it to the military.... i drink about 2 qts a day. I heard that its no difference than drinking water. It has electrolyte's in it.
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But in the military you are burning more than your intake, driving a truck and sitting on your ass you do the total opposite. I know of several guys that had to stop drinking gatorade because the electrolyte intake was too much and caused them to have gastro-intestinal problems
I wash my coffee mug EVERY morning before I fill it up with coffee, and I only fill it in the morning since I don't stop driving once I start till my hours run out (Yes, I will drive 11hrs NON-STOP)
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12-13-2010, 02:38 AM
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Well, tell it to the military.... i drink about 2 qts a day. I heard that its no difference than drinking water. It has electrolyte's in it.
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How much sodium is in that crap? That ain't for truck drivers.
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12-13-2010, 10:18 AM
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I drink too much coffee, both me and my wife will admit to that. 24oz. in the morning, and most days another 24oz, midmorning. Another small cup in the afternoon.
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12-13-2010, 10:34 AM
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My wife and I drink 1 thermos-full per day, which is exactly 1 regular pot full, 1/2 gallon. So, 1/4 gallon is what I drink.
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When people asked me, "$%!~ man...how much coffee do you drink in a day?"
I use to minimize how much I was actually drinking. (everybody does)
Then I reached a point, I couldn't remember if that's the first pot I'm on.
Anyway... I gotta go... I gottanother 500 miles to go today. :block:
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I drink too much coffee, both me and my wife will admit to that. 24oz. in the morning, and most days another 24oz, midmorning. Another small cup in the afternoon.
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that's 480 mg of caffeine in the morning, 480 in the afternoon, and assuming the small cup is 16 oz, that'd add another 320 mg. Or 1,280 mg of caffeine a day per person - over 4 times the recommended amount.
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