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By
the doctor who is not afraid to tell you what you don't want to hear
Want
to know
how much a caffeine addict you are?by
Dr. C. K. Wong, M.D. |
COFFEEWant
to know how much a coffee addict you are? Are you man or woman enough to face
the truth?
If you drink decaffeinated coffee (if you can call
that a drink), then actually, you really don't count. Nevertheless, your appreciation
level would be a measly 2-4 milligrams per 8 oz. cup (if you can call that appreciation).
You'd have to drink at least 30 cups a day to match one of those weakling Hawaiian
Japanese men who consume just ONE cup of regular coffee a day. You shouldn't even
be reading this article !!! ( See To
Drink or Not to Drink....Your Cup of Coffee )
If you have strong
moral fiber (surely that's the way you would like to put it), and you are appreciating
only one 8-oz. cup of regular brewed/dripped coffee a day, then don't pride
yourself on having the temperance of a Quaker, when maybe you just lack exquisite
java appreciation, or the fine-tuned java palate (the dark brown kind) and all
the wired-up neurons that real javamanity possesses. With this one cup, you are
appreciating 65-120 mg of caffeine a day.
For those who drink Espresso,
sipping a foamy 1 one-oz. cup a day: don't be so smug. You are only appreciating
30-50 mg of caffeine a day. You'd need to sip 2 cups to match the gusto of the
less civilized javaman who swallows 8 oz at a time.
For real javamen,
or javawomen, those who appreciate up to 4 or more cups a day (or who live
from withdrawal to withdrawal, depending on how you look at it), you are incorrigible.
You could jump-start an 18 wheeler with your bare neurons, for you are enjoying
more than 480 mg of caffeine a day (if you have any neurons left to enjoy it)!
If you drink instant coffee, shape up and be a real javaman,
because you're embarrassing the rest of javamanity. Why? Because you're taking
in all the caffeine (60-85 mg per 8-oz.cup), but you're really not indulging in
the subtleties in fragrance and the intoxicating (and I mean it) aroma that the
real javaman can claim as a saving grace.
TEA
For those caffeine addicts of a different sort:
An 8 oz. cup of brewed
tea has ... next page
Tea - brewed tea, Chinese green tea, instant
tea, iced tea - page 2
Coca Cola, coca,
mild chocolate, semisweet chocolate - page 3
©
Dr. C. K. Wong, M.D.
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