Caffeine - does it really help?

[DA-LION-619]

News just in - a teen has died after drinking 3 caffienated drinks in under 2 hours.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39932366

I don't quite buy this. The amount of caffeine he consumed was not particularly high from what I can tell. I think something else may have been a factor.

You can't kill yourself on caffeine.

 

[JerryMungo]

You can't kill yourself on caffeine.

Of course you can.
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...-died-caffeine-overdose-coroner-rules-n759716
http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-10/fyi-how-much-caffeine-would-it-take-kill-you

We all know it's the lack of oxygen that kills you if that's your angle

 

[Tikkop]

You can't kill yourself on caffeine.

1-2 teaspoons of pure powdered caffeine is enough to kill you. For some more than enough.

Children, and maybe even teenagers, shouldn't be consuming caffeine at all.

It is a drug. It is dangerous. And drugs kill you (if you are stupid).

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

1-2 teaspoons of pure powdered caffeine is enough to kill you. For some more than enough.

Children, and maybe even teenagers, shouldn't be consuming caffeine at all.

It is a drug. It is dangerous. And drugs kill you (if you are stupid).

This.

I.Do.Not.Understand why South African families think it's OK for children to drink coffee.
I've seen coffee in babies' bottles, fer Chrissakes.

 

[backstreetboy]

1-2 teaspoons of pure powdered caffeine is enough to kill you. For some more than enough.

Children, and maybe even teenagers, shouldn't be consuming caffeine at all.

It is a drug. It is dangerous. And drugs kill you (if you are stupid).

two teaspoons—the equivalent of 50 cups of coffee—can kill you,

Consuming copious amounts of anything will kill you.

 

[Craig_]

This.

I.Do.Not.Understand why South African families think it's OK for children to drink coffee.
I've seen coffee in babies' bottles, fer Chrissakes.

Agreed, my two toddlers will tell you coffee is not for kids if you offer it to them. They know.

 

[DA-LION-619]

This.

I.Do.Not.Understand why South African families think it's OK for children to drink coffee.
I've seen coffee in babies' bottles, fer Chrissakes.

Never seen a child drink coffee.

 

[Tikkop]

Consuming copious amounts of anything will kill you.

Yes. But 1-2 spoons of sugar won't kill you.

Perspective.

Caffeine is highly potent in small doses.

 

[Aquila ka Hecate]

Never seen a child drink coffee.

Really?

My first husband was from an old Afrikaans family. My sister-in-law regularly fed her baby coffee from a bottle. She didn't understand why I was horrified - it was normal to her.

My current partner has been drinking coffee for so long he can't remember when he started- but he was definitely a child.

Perhaps you live in a more enlightened part of the country that you've never seen it.