But even assuming that 42 number to be generally accurate, from a practical perspective, it is unlikely you could even drink that much coffee fast enough for the caffeine to be lethal. For one, the FDA estimates the lethal caffeine dosage to be much higher, anywhere between 10,000 and 14,000mg. So if you drink 42 cups of coffee, the reasoning goes, you have consumed enough for a potentially lethal dose.īut as the article notes, it’s not quite that simple. Yahoo! Sports states that 5,000mg caffeine is given as the minimum dose with an 8oz cup of coffee having anywhere between 80 and 100mg. That number, which implies that the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is “how many cups of coffee can you drink in a day before you die,” is derived from a simple algebraic equation involving the minimum lethal dose of caffeine and the amount of caffeine in a standard cup of coffee, give or take. ![]() The 42-cup claim stems from a post by Twitter account based on a 2011 New York Times article. ![]() ![]() Coffee-or more specifically, caffeine-is a stimulant and is thus considered to be a drug it is even called the “world’s most popular psychoactive drug.” And with all substances, caffeine consumption comes with a risk of overdose, but what is that level in terms of coffee? A claim floating around the internet is that 42 cups of coffee in a day would be a lethal dosage, but as Yahoo! Sports reports, it’s a bit more complicated than that (and not nearly as scary sounding).
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