It’s easier than ever to die of a caffeine overdose
Just stick to coffee
By Kendra Pierre-Louis May 16, 2017
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Coffee is just one of many ways we're now getting our caffeine
A large diet Mountain Dew, a cafe latte, and some kind of energy drink—that's the caffeine cocktail that apparently killed 16-year-old Davis Allan Cripe last month in South Carolina, according to news reports.
We don’t ordinarily think of caffeine as toxic because if you’re healthy (i.e. don’t have an underlying heart disorder) and stick to naturally occurring caffeine sources like chocolate, coffee, or tea, it’s pretty difficult to consume a toxic dose. Experts say that a lethal dose is between 5 and 10 grams of caffeine, for your average healthy adult. A 20-ounce cup of Starbucks dark roast has 340mg of caffeine in it, so you’d have to drink between 15 and 30 of them before you died. That's a lot of coffee—your bladder would likely give up before you did.
http://www.popsci.com/caffeine-overdose
