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HOW MUCH CAFFEINE IS TOO MUCH?
12.
Experts don’t agree on how
much caffeine is safe to con-
sume and how much is too
much. A 2014 study by the
Mayo Clinic, however, found
that adults under fifty-five
who drank more than 28
eight-ounce cups of coffee
(on average, 4 cups of cof-
fee a day) had a 55 percent
increased risk of dying.
Another study, this one
done by Swiss scientists,
found that teenagers who
drink more than 3 cups of
coffee, 3 cans of energy
drink, or one large bottle of
cola a day may be damag-
ing their brains’ abilities to
develop normally.
One eight-ounce cup of
a caffeinated beverage a
day probably won’t hurt you.
More than that could.