How Much Caffine Do You Consume Each Day?

@Nykkee (2522)
Canada
July 6, 2007 5:40pm CST
How many cups of coffee do you drink in an average day? I ususally have anywhere between 1 and 5 depending on the day and what we are doing. I find I drink more if we are out, because I always want a take-out coffee when we are driving around in the car. Do you ever worry about the amount of caffine you are consumeing each day? Do you just keep track of how much coffee you drink or do you take into considerationt he caffine content in things like soda and chocolate as well? I have been feeling dehydrated lately and I think it may be from drinking too much coffee. Do you try to balance the caffine that you drink by drinking and equal amount of water?
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@wrdsofwisdm (1069)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I have to have my cup of coffee in the morning. It is a tradition for me. I used to be a caffeine a holic when I was younger. Now I drink a lot of juice and some Propel fitness water. I have to admit, my skin looks a lot better and I don't feel like I crashed into a wall like I did whenever the caffeine would wear off.
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
That's good that you are kicking the habit. I am not even sure if it is really the caffine that I am addicted to, though it probably is, I just really love the taste of coffee.
@matte5 (1913)
• Sweden
6 Jul 07
Hello Nykke. I am a big coffee drinker so I drink atleast 20 cups of coffee ewery day. The first i do in the morning is drinking coffee and the last before bed time is drinking coffee, so if i dont get coffee my day is a mess. Hawe a nice day.
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
6 Jul 07
Don't you find that drinking coffee right befor bed makes it hard for you to fall asleep? My husband has had a cup of coffee around 10:00pm the last 2 nights, he gets off work at midnight, and he hasn't gotten good sleep at all the last 2 nights.
@matte5 (1913)
• Sweden
7 Jul 07
Its no problem to fall asleep after drinking coffee i cant do that if i dont hawe coffee i am a little bit strange there lol. have a nice day.
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
YOu are not that strange, I have a friend that says coffee makes her sleepy, but she is the only one I know like that. You and her must be alike.
@tambdy (1967)
7 Jul 07
I dont drink coffee at all, i just dont like the taste of it i either drink juice or i drink tea. I will probally try coffeee in the future again but at this moment in time i dislike it.
@maryannemax (12154)
• Sweden
7 Jul 07
oh. i haven't heard of people not liking coffee until now. that's cute of you. most people are either addicted or just get to have some coffee from time to time... unlike you who don't drink coffee at all. good for you and good for your health. keep it up!!!
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
You are probably lucky that you don't like it. I have to aks though, the first time you tried it did you use milk and sugar? I don't like coffee black I find the taste too strong but I love it with lots of milk and sugar.
@KrisNY (7590)
• United States
7 Jul 07
I do not drink coffee at all- I really cannot tolerate the taste of it- I have even tried Starbucks- specialty coffee- YUK- I get my caffiene from soda pop- I drink 1 coke a day- sometimes 2 cokes a day- depending on where I am and what I'm doing- for the most part I drink water and milk- I limit my daughter also- She is lucjy if she gets a pop every 3 days-
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
8 Jul 07
Well it is good that you limit your daughter but maybe you should cup back on cola or switch to another caffinated drink because I have heard that there is something really bad in cola.....but I don't know what it is.....I do know that a mentos really will make a bottle of Coke explode though, becuase I saw it on YouTube.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
7 Jul 07
At the very least 6 plus cups a day, a lot more too if its a cold day. I have most of those cups in the morning. And the odd one during the day.
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
8 Jul 07
I always drink coffee in the morning but I drink it throughout the day too, whenever we go for a drive we get takeout coffee from Tim Hortons or Irving.
@5000ml (1923)
• Belgium
7 Jul 07
I don't drink any coffee and generally drink a glass of soda and a cup of tea a day so I don't drink that much caffeine every day I think.
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
Yeah that's not very much. And I've heard that the caffine in tea isn't as bad. You have nothing to worry arount. :)
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
spelling correction: arount = about
@MGjhaud (23228)
• Philippines
7 Jul 07
most of the day my maximum cup is two. before i exceed from that but i surely am going to palpitate. hehe.. im a caffeine intaker. i cannot leave my place without having a mug. mostly i only take one. in school i seldom do that cause our canteen dont have airconditioner, i feel so uncomfortable then. but when i miss my coffee at home, i must take it in the canteen. i use the word must cause it would really cause me headache.
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
Sometime I will even drink coffee when it is really hot outside. My husband thinks I'm nuts but I figure if I'm already hot anyhow the coffee won't make that much difference.
@maryannemax (12154)
• Sweden
7 Jul 07
i used to be a coffee addict. i used to drink more than 3 cups of coffee years ago. and it's black coffee with a small amount of sugar... no cream and no milk please! that's how i love my coffee. but when i started knowing that i have heart problems, i stopped the addiction. so, now, i can get on a day without having it at all. but there are really days when i cheat and have a cup of coffee. whew! hehe. i do take in chocolates and hot chocolate drinks everyday. but atleast, less caffeine than coffee. and i always drink in lots of water. so, you should do that, too!... anne
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
I do try to drink alot of water but I find it really hard. I know I need to but sometimes I can't and then I do get dehydrated. Sometimes I will drink Decaf Coffee, so I can still have a coffee without taking in any more caffine that day.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
7 Jul 07
Hi Nykkee Ive been drinking more coffee these days. And I dont think Im getting enough water in me. I use to just drink water all day. Ive gotten out of that habit which is bad. So now I have to start drinking more water and I hate water.LOL YUK
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
8 Jul 07
Yeah water can be gross sometimes. Here our tap water has chlorine in it because it is town water, we are soon moving to a home with a well, I hope I will like the water better there.
• India
7 Jul 07
zero,i hate coffe
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@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
7 Jul 07
I do have more water tah coffee each day. I still remember the first time I learn how to drink a coffee. It was when I gave birth to my second daughter. I'm not really a coffee drinker before but when I start drinking it it makes a habit for me. I do drink 1 to 2 times a day coz If I have more I cant easily get sleep at nigtt.
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
8 Jul 07
I rememebr the first tiem I had a coffee too. I was walking part our local Tim Hortons, I was like 12, and I smelled the coffee and it reminded me of my grandmother, who I hadn't visited in a while and missed, so I went in and asked for a coffee, they asked me what I wanted in it, and I had no idea so I just told them to put whatever most people got, so they gave me 3 cream and 3 sugar and I have loved coffee ever since.
• United States
7 Jul 07
I don't drink coffee, but I do drink a lot of coke. I've cut down to one 20oz a day, but I also eat a lot of chocolate. I do drink some water but not much. I did have to cut down on my coke dr's orders not by choice.
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@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
Yeah I have heard some bad thing sabout Coke before. I don't really remember what it was, but i think it was somehting like it has an ingredient that can cause cancer if you drink too much or something. It's something more serious than the caffine in it whatever it was.
• Japan
7 Jul 07
I stopped drinking coffee a few years ago and find now that it makes my stomach sour, but I love the smell in the morning when my hubby is brewing up a pot. I just stnad and inhale deeply. I drink tea, in the winter I can get through about 20 cups. I'm trying to drink more water. Not easy but I managed a litre or two. On days that I'm very busy with heavy housework I can actually down 3 litres, but then I find myself running to the toilet!! Caffine will dehydrate you. the amount of water leaving your body will be more than the amount you put in through drinking caffine. I found this out the hard way, I let my 5 year old have half a glass of cola before bed. She managed to wet the bed but the amount of pee was at 3 times what she had taken in. Lesson learnt, she is now not allowed cola after 7pm.
@Nykkee (2522)
• Canada
7 Jul 07
Yeah i have noticed how if I drink alot of coffee in a day that I will pee more that day than ususal.