Caffeine toxicity kicks in at about 1200mg for a fairly typically sized adult. A cup of coffee is about 100mg caffeine. There are a few caffeine powders that are 200mg per scoop. This is fucking wild how is this legal hahaha
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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I mean it's a stretch, but maybe it's fake
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.
You are confusing dangerous with lethal