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Handy chart tells you how much coffee to drink for maximum health benefits

So, how many cups of coffee do you drink in a day? I tend to drink upwards of three or four regular-sized coffee mugs full of black (no cream or sugar or girlaccinos), but I’m never sure how many “cups” that is. When I make coffee, for example, I make either eight or 12 “cups” — according to the carafe. But I sure don’t get that number of mugs out of it.

I suppose some simple experimentation would answer my question. But I drink coffee when I am tired and unmotivated — hardly the best time for a science project.

For more on the health benefits (alleged) or concerns (even more alleged) that come from coffee consumption, you should check out the extensive Wall Street Journal article I pinched the chart above from.

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5 comments

  1. Colin says:

    “Girlaccinos”…from the man who brought you “Cheese of the Week”.

    *hakkaf!*…

  2. Fat Arse says:

    What about those of us who consume 15-20 cups a day? Do we live forever?

    1. Grant Hamilton says:

      No, but with that much caffeine in your system, time seems to slow down, so it’s almost as is if you live forever.

  3. Colin says:

    You live as long as your next aneurysm or cardiac arrythmia…

  4. Corey Redekop says:

    If this chart is correct, I’m gonna live forever.

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