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Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works

Anon tries something new in his coffee (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The LD50 is around 190mg/kg. Assuming that the average person is about 70kg, 13,300mg is an average dose that would kill half of the people that consume it.

So no, caffeine is not particularly dangerous. If you manage to get hold of pure anhydrous caffeine--I've got a few kg stashed away--*that can be dangerous, mostly because it can be confused with things like creatine monohydrate unless you're very, very careful about labeling your supplements.

[–] originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

You are confusing dangerous with lethal