Posted on 04/15/2018 7:58:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Companies can no longer sell bulk packages of liquid or powdered caffeine directly to consumers, the Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. The policy will take immediate effect “given the significant public health concern,” according to the agency’s statement released Friday. “Highly concentrated and pure caffeine, often sold in bulk packages, have been linked to at least two deaths in otherwise healthy individuals,” the agency stated.
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Between 10 and 14 grams of caffeine is considered life-threatening, according to the FDA’s guidelines, though people can have an irregular or rapid heart rate and seizures after taking just a gram. The amount of concentrated caffeine that’s considered safe at a time—200 milligrams—is very, very small. It works out to be less than one-tenth of a teaspoon of the powdered form or a little more than two teaspoons of liquid caffeine. Good luck measuring that out properly at home.
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It wasn’t uncommon for Mr in my
younger years, to consume an entire
pot of coffee. I still drink up to
4-5 cups a day.
Mr=ME...Dang it...
Don't give them any ideas!
Ingesting a large enough quantity of ANYTHING will kill you.
Perhaps the FDA should switch to de-caff.
They do.
Somehow we have survived that dreadful terror.
Isn’t 1000 mg =1 Gram?
Okay...so they are banning bulk powder or liquid forms of caffeine but tablets/pills (No-Doz) are still good. Basically because some people are idiots. Yep.
Trying to protect the snowflakes from themselves. Next thing they would be taking the caffeine challenge
Based on the numbers they should ban No-Doz and allow pure caffeine to be sold instead.
Me, I stuck with Jolt Cola when I needed a study boost.
I can’t even think in the morning until I have at least 4- 16 oz cups of coffee.Is something wrong with me?
My doctor put me on a restricted diet for a couple of weeks while I was having tests done, no nicotine (not a problem), no alcohol (also not a problem), no caffeine. I actually whimpered.
Life without coffee is not life. It is barely existence.
Your kidneys would be my guess.
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