What happens if you drink a liter of strong coffee in one sitting
The fact that coffee invigorates has long been a universally recognized fact. Many are also sure that a fragrant drink is useful, although doctors are ready to argue with this. And surely everyone has heard that if you drink coffee without measure, you can go to the next world. Is this really the case? How much coffee does it take to drink it to death and what kind of blow to the body will a single use of one liter of freshly brewed cause?
Usually coffee is consumed in small portions. One cup of strong espresso with a volume of 30-60 ml contains 50-100 mg of caffeine. In other, less extreme types of drink, such as Americano, cappuccino, latte and cortado, the content of this substance is even less. And this is despite the fact that they are consumed from much larger cups.
The Association of Nutritionists and Nutritionists of Russia recommends drinking no more than 4-6 cups of espresso a day. At the same time, ideally, at least 2 hours should pass between receptions. For lovers of less strong options, the dose can be increased even by 2 times, although the teeth and stomach will not thank you for sure.
Frankly speaking, caffeine from natural coffee does not pose any danger to a healthy person. But synthesized caffeine-sodium benzoate is quite another matter. This substance is added to energy popular among young people, and is also sold in pharmacies in the form of tablets.
In recent years, there have been at least two proven cases of death due to synthetic caffeine. He killed a 24-year-old girl from Scotland who decided to lose weight with pills and a 23-year-old guy from England who added 2 teaspoons of caffeine-sodium benzoate to an energy cocktail. One teaspoon of this substance has the effect of 25 cups of espresso on the body, which is quite a lot.
Oddly enough, but science has not yet got around to determining a life-threatening dose of caffeine. It is considered that it is 200 mg per 1 kg of weight for a person with a body weight of up to 70 kg. Therefore, it is not difficult to calculate that for a man weighing 80 kg, a dose of 160 mg will be conditionally fatal. But you can not discount the individual characteristics of the body. For someone, the dangerous dose will be lower, and for someone higher.
One liter of the strongest espresso coffee contains only 1.6-1.7 g of caffeine. This is 10 times less than the lethal dose. If you are not a core, do not have problems with pressure and gastrointestinal tract, then you are unlikely to feel bad from a liter of coffee. If you drink it regularly and are used to it, you will even feel a surge of strength.
In the most severe cases, lovers of pampering themselves with a liter of espresso are threatened with some unpleasant symptoms. Most often it is tachycardia, anxiety, excessive sweating and insomnia. Well, what if you drink a liter of something weaker, for example, cappuccino? Probably, everything will be heavy in the stomach with the most unfavorable outcome. Not only will the dose of the active substance be negligible, but also milk or cream will neutralize it.