How much caffeine would it take to kill a person?

[GDavis]

After the recent lawsuit against the manufacturers of Monster energy drinks,Popular Science looked into the question of "how much caffeine would it take to kill you?"
In short, it would take at least six gallons of McDonald's coffee. In April, a coroner's report cited a New Zealand woman's consumption of Coca-Cola as being related to her death. But she reportedly had a number of other unhealthy habits, including smoking cigarettes and a poor diet.
But as Popular Science notes, individual reactions to caffeine intake vary from person to person and are heavily influenced by a number of other factors, including related health issues and the consumption of other substances, such as alcohol.
The Journal of Caffeine Research editor-in-chief Jack James tells PopSci that it takes "about" 10 grams of caffeine to achieve lethal levels. According to the Mayo Clinic, the average adult can safely consume 200 mg to 300 mg of caffeine per day, the equivalent of about 2 to 4 cups of coffee. However, consuming more than 500 mg per day can begin to trigger side effects, including insomnia, fast heartbeat and muscle tremors.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health says that deaths from toxic levels of caffeine are rare, but does cite two examples in recent years.
A wrongful-death lawsuit filed last week against the makers of Monster energy drinks claims that 14-year-old Anais Fournier drank two 24-ounce cans of Monster in the day before she unexpectedly died late in 2011. The coroner's report described "caffeine toxicity" as contributing to her death.
"Caffeine toxicity of the kind experienced by Ms. Fournier (if, indeed, that is what she experienced) is not well understood," James says. "There is speculation in the literature regarding the possibility of some individuals having a peculiar sensitivity to caffeine, but there is no clear definition or understanding of what such sensitivity might be."
In the case of Anais Fournier, a coroner's report says that the child died of "caffeine toxicity" after reportedly consuming the Monster energy drinks, which equaled about 240 mg of caffeine.
"I don't see another case of a child who died from acute exposure to the equivalent of four coffee cups of caffeine," applied nutritionist Mark F. McCarty told Popular Science. "That strikes me as extremely rare. I can't imagine that Monster was worried about this, because there's nothing in the literature to suggest this would happen."
Nonetheless, James points to both American and Australian statistics from 2010 showing that a number of individuals have been admitted to hospitals in recent years with caffeine-related conditions. Still, those numbers remain relatively small and rarely have resulted in fatal conditions.
"Nevertheless, of the many thousands of cases of caffeine exposure registered with the American Association of Poison Control Centers alone, some do indeed result in death," James said. "Until the advent of energy drinks, essentially all of the many reports of lethal and near-lethal cases of caffeine poisoning, involved atypical methods of ingestion. The advent of energy drinks appears to have changed that profile."

[swingslammer]

Here is a web site I found when in Afghanistan. You can put in your weight and almost any caffeine containing product and it will tell you how much it will take to kill you.


http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine

[GDavis]

Here is a web site I found when in Afghanistan. You can put in your weight and almost any caffeine containing product and it will tell you how much it will take to kill you.


http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine

that is interesting

[Matt Knappick]

I was with a "certain person who if he sees this post will know that im talking about him" who ingested around 2grams of pure caffeine powder....lets just say it was one terrifying experience for him.

[lastson]

I'm calling BS on the more than 500mg a day causing sides.. I've been way over that without a problem..

[data4]

I'm calling BS on the more than 500mg a day causing sides.. I've been way over that without a problem..

Ive been over a gram prepping. No sides besides trashed adrenals after awhile

[Jason Newman]

[lastson]

Ive been over a gram prepping. No sides besides trashed adrenals after awhile

I should add up everything at see where I was at, but I'm sure it was around that... And yes I would bet my adrenals were and probably are still trashed... I've cut way way back..

[Big Baldwin]

Ive been over a gram prepping. No sides besides trashed adrenals after awhile

Same here. 1g caffeine is the only way to beat keto

[Curt James]

Here is a web site I found when in Afghanistan. You can put in your weight and almost any caffeine containing product and it will tell you how much it will take to kill you.


http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine

By that site's numbers (and my math) 13,650mg of caffeine would kill me.

Joe Buzz Caffeine Pouch @ 130mg each would take 105 units to kill me at 200 lbs.

105 X 130 = 13,650 or 13.65 grams

On average, the FDA suggests a dosage of 100 to 200 mg not more often than every 3 to 4 hours – a maximum of 500 mg a day.

More @ http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/R.../UCM205286.pdf

[Curt James]

I'm calling BS on the more than 500mg a day causing sides.. I've been way over that without a problem..

"One hundred to 200 mg (one to two 5-ounce cups of coffee) each day is the limit that some doctors suggest, but each person is a little different. How caffeine affects people varies with their size, their sex, and how sensitive they are to caffeine’s effects. Experts agree that 600 mg (four to seven cups of coffee) of caffeine or more each day is too much."

From that pdf link above

[AVBG]

I nominate Waylon to be the one to test out the human tolerance of caffeine!

..WAYLON!...WAYLON!... WAYLON!...WAYLON!..etc

[gilbrt]

I have had close to 1000mg in a 24 hour working shift and I wouldn't recommend it but I definatly didn't think I was going to die but I have been using excessive amounts of caffeine for years to get to this point . And yes I know it's not healthy or smart

[lastson]

"One hundred to 200 mg (one to two 5-ounce cups of coffee) each day is the limit that some doctors suggest, but each person is a little different. How caffeine affects people varies with their size, their sex, and how sensitive they are to caffeine’s effects. Experts agree that 600 mg (four to seven cups of coffee) of caffeine or more each day is too much."

From that pdf link above

I drink about 2 pots of coffee a day (one before bed) on top of all the "other" caffeine laced products taken... Caffeine just dosent have much of an effect any longer... Maybe I just have a problem

[Curt James]

^^^^ Sounds more like a plus. :-)