How much caffeine is too much for your heart?

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So, is there no golden rule when it comes to the amount of coffee you should drink? Dr. Malaney says that the best thing would be to drink two cups a day. Or less of course. When you drink more than four cups of coffee, you’re definitely not doing your heart a favor. So, typically, you would want to stay under the limit of four-hundred grams of caffeine. Whether that is in coffee form, energy drink, soda, chocolate or something else. It would be good to check the amount of caffeine in your drinks and food before you consume it. If you use smaller cups to drink your coffee in, you might drink less than 100 milligrams in one cup. If you stay under that four-hundred milligrams, ideally two-hundred or less, you should be fine.

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Caffeine has different effects on our health. First of all it raises our blood pressure. “Caffeine stimulates sympathetic activity in our brains, which is our fight or flight response. This ultimately causes our blood vessels to constrict,” Dr. Malaney told Real Simple. But it also raises our cholesterol levels. Especially the non-filtered kind. So, plenty of reasons to keep track of your coffee intake and maybe lower it a little if you worry about your health. Small amounts have not been proven to have the same effects so luckily you don’t have to swear off coffee forever. Just like with everything: it is all about moderation.