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Caffiene. I used to be one of these people whose personalities were all about how much coffee they drank and then suddenly I discovered my life was at risk if I didn't urgently cut it out and bam. That was that. Had success cutting out other habits echoing a lot of the other commenters (eg arguing, overdelivering, accepting advice from people who don't know what they're talking about) and I've cut out other habits/addictions cold turkey eg drugs but the caffiene one was the one that felt the most ruthless

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Hi, if you don't mind would you please elaborate on life risk because of coffee? Is it kidney related?

I can drink up to 4-5 mugs of ground coffee a day. The mug is exactly the size of SBUX's venti size. It's not regular, I can handle a day with only 1 mug or none at all on very rare occasion. Lucky me, my SO and friends help me with reminding to drink a lot of water.

Hey mate yeah I don't wanna go too specific but in addition to what the other commenter said, caffiene can be a massive problem for people with certain neurology problems. This is because of the sort of things the other commenter was saying but also because it's a stimulant, it messes with a lot of other chemicals in your body, interacts with things like stress and sleep and stuff. Think migraines, seizures, strokes stuff like that. As far as I can tell with things like this (I am not very sure though) it won't 'cause' a problem, but it can trigger an underlying issue.

I was drinking the equivalant of 4 shots of expresso a day on average, would always have a strict cut off of 2pm and then switch to drinking shit loads of tea. I see lots of people who drink an insane amount of coffee and I mean it's not great but for most people not a big existental threat to worry about.

Not the GP, but a couple major health issues with high caffeine intake are:

- high blood pressure

- high heart rate

With no other health issues (i.e., no underlying heart issues or cardiovascular issues in general) those may not be problematic (in the sense that they'll cause you long term or immediate harm). However, if you already have HBP or cardiac issues, cutting out or reducing caffeine can be a critical step towards better health or at least not worsening the condition.

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