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(27,509 posts)
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 10:11 AM Feb 2015

Up to 5 Cups of Coffee a Day OK, Gov't Advisory Committee Says

Source: ABC

You can consume up to 5 cups of coffee a day, or up to 400 milligrams of caffeine, without detrimental effects, according to a new report that will help shape the official government dietary guidelines due out later this year.

This is the first time caffeine has been mentioned in the advisory report, which is submitted by a panel of experts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services every five years. The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans will be finalized by the end of the year.

The advisory committee determined moderate coffee consumption was not associated with health risks, including cardiovascular disease and cancer. In fact, the committee noted that there's evidence coffee has some health benefits, including reducing the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. There's also some evidence caffeine offers protection against Parkinson's disease, the committee wrote.

Still, pregnant women and children should limit their caffeine consumption, the committee concluded, adding that mixing alcohol and caffeine should be avoided.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/cups-coffee-day-govt-advisory-committee/story?id=29085259

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Up to 5 Cups of Coffee a Day OK, Gov't Advisory Committee Says (Original Post) bananas Feb 2015 OP
Wimps. nt bananas Feb 2015 #1
Yeah, sure... Helen Borg Feb 2015 #2
+1000 DeSwiss Feb 2015 #37
And now you can have an egg in it. postulater Feb 2015 #3
Or grass fed butter, or coconut oil. tridim Feb 2015 #5
Was "Sleeper" a prophecy? FrodosPet Feb 2015 #16
Creme pie and hot fudge aren't healthy, so no. tridim Feb 2015 #24
Physically healthy? Perhaps not FrodosPet Feb 2015 #26
Absolutely! I still eat junk food in moderation. tridim Feb 2015 #42
Trust me PennyK Feb 2015 #33
I trust myself, the results speak for themselves. tridim Feb 2015 #35
I can easily drink 5 cups if it's good coffee. tridim Feb 2015 #4
LOL! BlueEye Feb 2015 #10
My first question from such studies is always, "Who funded the study?" bulloney Feb 2015 #6
That's how many of us feel about GMOs, oddly enough! djean111 Feb 2015 #14
Agree! Follow the money path generally gives a lot of insight into why and who! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2015 #15
Exactly! ananda Feb 2015 #20
^^^THIS^^^ LiberalElite Feb 2015 #28
Study was primarily funded christx30 Feb 2015 #32
It take 5 cups just to turn me into a human being in the mornings Arcadiasix Feb 2015 #7
Anyone who wants an extra 5 cups can take mine. Coffee = yuck MillennialDem Feb 2015 #8
Starbucks Coffee venti, 20 fl. oz. 415 Ichingcarpenter Feb 2015 #9
Traditionally a "cup" of coffee is 5.5-6oz. Major Nikon Feb 2015 #12
As long as the cups are big enough... jtuck004 Feb 2015 #11
Gratuitous coffee porn Major Nikon Feb 2015 #13
Wouldn't depend on the person. Wonder if the coffee industry paid someone off still_one Feb 2015 #17
Bottoms Up! marmar Feb 2015 #18
Coffee is good for you this week Marthe48 Feb 2015 #19
Unprocessed, whole foods, like coffee beans are always going to be good for you. tridim Feb 2015 #23
Never touch the stuff. I swear by green tea, though. Virtually never get sick. EEO Feb 2015 #21
Five is a good start. NuclearDem Feb 2015 #22
Five . . Strelnikov_ Feb 2015 #25
Only FIVE cups??!? lastlib Feb 2015 #27
Not for me - LiberalElite Feb 2015 #29
i've been scared of caffeine pills Enrique Feb 2015 #34
YIKES! LiberalElite Feb 2015 #36
I don't drink coffee, RebelOne Feb 2015 #30
Other than it making you urinate every 3 minutes for the next 24 hours brentspeak Feb 2015 #31
The government says..... DeSwiss Feb 2015 #38
When I'm working as a barista, I can drink 4-5 espressos taught_me_patience Feb 2015 #39
Network news in general has consisted of many such reports of "studies" in recent years. bulloney Feb 2015 #40
A bit of good news every now and then! wolfie001 Feb 2015 #41

FrodosPet

(5,169 posts)
26. Physically healthy? Perhaps not
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 12:57 PM
Feb 2015

Mentally healthy? Absolutely!

If your attitudes and emotions are negative, no amount of "health food" will make you healthy. The brain is the most important part of healing.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
42. Absolutely! I still eat junk food in moderation.
Tue Feb 24, 2015, 08:39 PM
Feb 2015

No need to torture myself.

I'm discovering that paleo-type food tastes better than junk food, and is quite a bit more satiating. The change was easy.

PennyK

(2,302 posts)
33. Trust me
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 02:47 PM
Feb 2015

Everything Dr. Atkins said was right. I'm just kind of surprised that it's taking this long.
Oh, did you know that the "Mediterranean Diet" is based on the diet of a group of people subsisting on WWII rations...during Lent????? That might be why they had so little red meat, ya think.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
35. I trust myself, the results speak for themselves.
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 03:21 PM
Feb 2015

After a year of high-fat, low-carb paleo-ish diet my body has completely changed inside and out. I'm trim, with more muscle tone and a flat tummy. I have more energy, great digestion, brighter eyes, less wrinkles, no sickness or general pain etc, etc, etc. I feel 20 years younger.

It's no fad.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
4. I can easily drink 5 cups if it's good coffee.
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 10:16 AM
Feb 2015

But my office serves Folgers "coffee" so I can only do 2 cups.

Sorry statistics.

BlueEye

(449 posts)
10. LOL!
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 10:34 AM
Feb 2015

I'd find it difficult to drink five cups of even the finest Arabica.

My office serves Maxwell House. More than one cup of that shit and it will burn a hole in you.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
6. My first question from such studies is always, "Who funded the study?"
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 10:21 AM
Feb 2015

The ABC report did not give that information, keeping in line with current American MSM integrity.

I've seen several such studies giving glowing endorsements for various foods or food groups that were funded by a party with a vested interest in releasing such a report. And, if you're conducting the study, are you going to jeopardize your funding source by bad-mouthing their product?

ananda

(28,860 posts)
20. Exactly!
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 11:55 AM
Feb 2015

There's been a lot of news about the beneficial effects of coffee lately, and now this.

Until this last spate, the thinking on coffee was quite a bit different.

I doubt if a cup or two now and then is all that harmful, but five cups a day?
No way, Jose.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
32. Study was primarily funded
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 02:44 PM
Feb 2015

by Juan Valdez, with additional funding provided by his burro, and Maxwell Houser.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
12. Traditionally a "cup" of coffee is 5.5-6oz.
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 10:50 AM
Feb 2015

Even by that standard, *$ is going to exceed 400mg well before 5 cups. However, from your same website Maxwell House has 100-160mg per 12oz. Even if you go with the higher number, 5 cups still has you at or below 400mg.

Marthe48

(16,960 posts)
19. Coffee is good for you this week
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 11:53 AM
Feb 2015

Next week, who knows? I ignore these studies and do what works for me

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
29. Not for me -
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 01:50 PM
Feb 2015

I drink 1 cup of half-caff (half caffinated half decaf) a day. 5 cups of regular caffinated would have me up all night with palpitations.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
30. I don't drink coffee,
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 01:53 PM
Feb 2015

but I take a caffeine pill in the morning to wake me up and one in the afternoon to keep going the rest of the day. One pill is equal to one cup of coffee.

My doctor told me not to take the caffeine pills because of my high blood pressure.

brentspeak

(18,290 posts)
31. Other than it making you urinate every 3 minutes for the next 24 hours
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 02:21 PM
Feb 2015

Thus, completely disrupting every aspect of your life, what's so bad about drinking so much coffee?

 

DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
38. The government says.....
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 03:57 PM
Feb 2015

...fuck the government. Who believes anything these assholes say?

How can you?

- They like GMOs as well.


Anyone who follows the dictates of the government will get what they deserve.........

 

taught_me_patience

(5,477 posts)
39. When I'm working as a barista, I can drink 4-5 espressos
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 05:17 PM
Feb 2015

Especially if the espresso is "finickey" and not tasting good. Anything more, and you start feeling real weak and shaky.

Most other days, even with unlimited free access to the best coffee in the world, I'll usually drink 16-20oz coffee/day.

bulloney

(4,113 posts)
40. Network news in general has consisted of many such reports of "studies" in recent years.
Sat Feb 21, 2015, 05:31 PM
Feb 2015

They are basically free advertising for the affected business or industry.

Just the other day, I saw a newscast that spent the better part of 60 seconds "reporting" on a national pizza chain's introduction of a pizza with bacon crust. Right away I asked, "Why is that news? Why doesn't the business pay for advertisement to communicate this message?"

That's our news media in a nutshell - a bunch of goofs who are too damned lazy to dig up real news and would rather resort to filling air time with business-produced footage and script that amounts to free ad time.

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