• SCB@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Again you need define “child” here.

          For adolescents that’s 100-175mg/day, equivalent to 1.5 Monster energy drinks, or a large iced coffee. Per studies, that’s fine for a 12 year old but I wouldn’t want my 12 year old drinking adult beverages with any regularity. I’d rather work on there sleep habits, etc.

          Worth noting that higher caffeine take is associated with things like poor diet/etc, but not causally linked.

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            1 year ago

            Per day and all at once are two different things. One is a concentrated dose, the other is spread out. You’re not even accounting for that.

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              1 year ago

              Do you have data showing speed on consumption is relevant? I honestly never considered and don’t have any info

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                  1 year ago

                  That’s… Not how human body processes things.

                  My mistake for assuming this was a real conversation between interested people.

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                    1 year ago

                    Really? So it’s just as toxic to drink something in one dose as it is to drink it in several doses throughout the day? Weird, I wonder why medicine is spaced out across the day so often?

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          1 year ago

          An opinion is not medical science.

          Yes I said its an opinion, I made no claim it was medical science. My opinion is that in many cases, a teenager consuming reasonable amounts of caffeine is not something to worry about. I base this off of the knowledge I have of caffeine as someone who isn’t a doctor. If you want a doctor’s opinion, you should go to a doctor instead of the internet.