Sadly I did know. - Here's a Monday oddity for you today. You can O.D. on coffee.
Fact is you can O.D. on practically anything. Water is a good example.
But, back to coffee.
The Daily Mail is reporting about a young teenager who needed to be rushed to the hospital because she had way to much caffeine in her system. Something I know from first hand experience is a bad thing.
Teenage girl rushed to hospital after overdosing on coffee:
The 17-year-old downed seven double espresso coffees while working in the family's sandwich shop and was left "burning up and hyperventilating".
Student Jasmine Willis, who thought the coffees were single measures, said the effects of the espresso were so severe her actions left customers bewildered.
Her condition sounds much more dire than my over doing the Joe back in my college days. Thankfully, a hospital visit wasn't needed in my case. Just some rest and a cold washcloth. So I didn't get to close to what might be termed an overdose.
Anyway, word to the wise, it's a wonderful drink. Just take it slow and easy.
