Given the fact that I have discussed the benefits of drinking coffee, I thought it might be appropriate to discuss the health risks associated with consuming caffeine.
According to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's news web site, as many as 80 per cent of people use caffeine products on a regular basis. The web site goes on to say that if your daily dose of caffeine is around 600 milligrams (500 mg is equivalent to one large cup of coffee) you may start to experience signs of overdose. Signs of overdose include: restlessness, dizziness, nausea, headache, sleep disturbances and an irregular heartbeat. If one drinks up to 750 mg -- the equivalent of a large cup and a half of coffee -- one could suffer such things as diarrhea, vomiting, breathing difficulties and "a reaction similar to anxiety attacks."
According to the web site, it is possible to suffer a lethal overdose of coffee, but one would have to drink 50 large cups of coffee for this to happen.
The web site is not all doom and gloom on the subject of coffee, however. A number of health benefits derived from caffeine are also cited, including the fact that caffeine can help prevent one from getting Parkinson's disease and type two diabetes.
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