caffeine calculator

[Morenoh149]

http://www.punkasspunk.com/caffeine.php

Death by Caffeine ^_^

[Bcahn836]

It would take 148.45 cans of Mountain Dew to kill you.


So drinking a 12 pack of MD in one night is fine. . . :D

[brandy836]

Brad- I think that you'll be fine.

So- is that the amount of soda that you have to drink before you explode or something? Or is it the weight of that much soda’s that would crush you?

I know it says that it is the caffeine that would kill you, but I doubt that caffeine would really kill a person.

[Mike Schroeder]

sure it will, your heart will just beat so fast it burns itself out (think fp motor.... only w/o the smell :p)

[Bcahn836]

I know i have drank more than 150 cans of md in the build season alone, so im guessing that you would have to slam 150 cans one after the other? You would get sick and or pass out long before you reach 150 cans.

[mechanicalbrain]

it says i need 210.76 sunkist to die im glad i was only at 210 when i saw this post! :ahh:

[Mike]

The LD50 (average lethal dose) of caffeine is 192mg/kg. Anywhere between 1 and 4 grams of pure caffeine can kill a human, so your pretty safe when drinking caffeine drinks but when you start getting into caffeine pills and stuff to keep you awake... then it gets dangerous.

[sanddrag]

I'm glad to hear it would take 480 cans of Coca Cola Classic to kill me. So, I pretty much never have to worry because it would probably take me over 3 months to drink that many.

I do assume that the "cans to kill" number is referring to a relatively short period right? (like <48 hrs)

Also, I saw one thing where this guy drank like 4 gallons of water in like 1hr and he went into a coma. Even too much of the ingredient that is essential for life can easily end your life.

EDIT: Hrrm, according to the calculator Pepsi is more "lethal" than Coke. Interesting.

[mechanicalbrain]

i know roughly how much Sanddrag weighs!!! :D :D :D

[sanddrag]

i know roughly how much Sanddrag weighs!!! :D :D :DI knew someone would say that. Just don't make any stupid comments or I may have to come sit on you :D

[wilshire]

it will take 265 cans of pepsi to kill me. LOL. pepsi #1........Pepsi #2.....

[Redneck]

It would take 235.65 cans of Dr Pepper to kill you.

*Phew* Guess I'm safe.

I wish they had Bawls on that list, though. I'd like to know how much of that I can safely take, considering that I'm pretty sure my friends and I have approached dangerous levels once or twice... (4 bottles at one day-long LAN party)

[Denman]

you get nestea over there?
kool lol... only ever had the peach one in france... we get mango lipton but the best is rasberry (anyone wanna send me some lol)
It would take 1190.7 cans of Nestea Raspberry Iced Tea to kill you.

[Adam Richards]

They don't list Bawls or any other energy drink on it. :mad:

[mechanicalbrain]

ever heard of caffiene soap. i couldn't stop laughing when my friend bought some. i wonder how many showers it would take to kill you?

[brandy836]

ever heard of caffiene soap. i couldn't stop laughing when my friend bought some. i wonder how many showers it would take to kill you?


http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/accessories/5a65/

[mechanicalbrain]

that would be it. :rolleyes:

[Ian Curtis]

Oh man they don't have Starbucks Double Shot Espresso. But at least I now know I must consume 310 cans of my favorite variety of cola to kill myself.

[D.J. Fluck]

sure it will, your heart will just beat so fast it burns itself out (think fp motor.... only w/o the smell :p)


Mike, I dont know about you, but I think the smell of decomposing flesh would be a lot worse of a smell..... :rolleyes:


From expierence...6 cans of amp in a few hours is very bad idea.....although I did pull a 42 hr day with no problem. :p

[Enterprize]

Mike, I dont know about you, but I think the smell of decomposing flesh would be a lot worse of a smell..... :rolleyes:

It wont start decomposing enough to be detectable by smell for a while :D

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

For everyone's basic reference, and since I have way way way too much time on my hands...here's a lethality scale, based on a 150 lb. person and ranked from least lethal to most lethal. The number indicated is the number of cans it would take to kill you

The letters in parenthesis afterwards are as follows:

(CC) = Coca-Cola Company
(D7) = Doctor Pepper & 7 UP
(M) = Mistic
(P) = Pepsi-Cola
(RC) = Royal Crown
(S) = Snapple

Least Lethal --> Most Lethal

Decaffeinated Lemon Tea Snapple (S) 2268
Tea Snapple (Ginseng, Sun, Diet Sun) (S) 1360.8
Lipton Brisk (P) 1134
Diet Nestea Cool (CC) 927.82
Sweet Tea Snapple (S) 850.5
Lemonade Iced Tea Snapple (S) 756
Nestea Iced Tea (Lemon, Diet Lemon, Raspberry, Peach) (CC) 637.88
Nestea Cool (CC) 637.88
Mistic Tea (Lemon, Diet Lemon, Peach) 567
Moon (Green Tea) Snapple (S) 567
Lightning (Black Tea) Snapple (S) 486
Barq's Root Beer (CC) 463.91
Diet A&W Creme Soda (D7) 463.91
IBC Cherry Cola (D7) 443.74
Green Tea with Lemon (S) 425.25
Nestea Iced Tea (Sweet, Unsweetened) (CC) 392.54
A&W Creme Soda (D7) 351.93
Tea Snapple (Lemon, Diet Lemon, Peach, Diet Peach, Mint, Raspberry, Diet Raspberry) (S) 324
Coca-Cola (Cherry, Diet, Classic) (CC) 300.18
Diet Pepsi-Cola (P) 283.5
Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi (P) 283.5
Pepsi-Cola (P) 268.58
Wild Cherry Pepsi (P) 268.58
Ruby Red Squirt (Regular, Diet) (D7) 261.69
Mr. Pibb (Regular, Diet) (CC) 255.15
Dr. Pepper (Regular, Diet) (D7) 248.93
Sunkist Orange Soda (D7) 248.93
Diet Sunkist Orange Soda (D7) 243
Dr. Nehi (RC) 243
Royal Crown Cola (Cherry, Regular) (RC) 236.25
Diet Coke (CC) 226.8
TAB (CC) 226.8
Nehi Wild Red Soda (RC) 203.71
Mellow Yellow (Regular, Diet) (CC) 200.12
Surge (CC) 200.12
KMX (CC) 192.57
Mountain Dew (Regular, Diet) (P) 185.56
Pepsi One (P) 185.56
Kick (RC) 177.19
Sun Drop Regular (D7) 162
Sun Drop Cherry (D7) 159.47
Diet Sun Drop (D7) 147.91
RC Edge (RC) 145.38


Just to compare,
BAWLS Guarana has 80.0 mg of caffeine per 12 oz.
RC Edge has 70.2 mg of caffeine per 12 oz.
Red Bull has 115.5 mg of caffeine per 12 oz.
Those 3 facts taken from this source (http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/caffeine/caffeine_info1.shtml) .

[wilshire]

LOL Tab more lethal then pepsi.

[Wetzel]

Some effects of caffeine : increased mental alertness, restlessness, nervousness, insomnia, dilation of the bronchioles, increased blood pressure, and increased renal function. Increased renal function means you pee more.

Mike, caffeine causes cardiac arrhythmias, which cause quivering. If the heart was able to coordinate the rhythm, it could beat at that speed and not explode.

At about 2mg/kg load, caffeine will induce nausea, vomiting, and muscle spasms.

Amp has 77mg/8oz. If DJ drank 6 cans, that would be 50.4oz of Amp, 3,881mg of caffeine. I don't think DJ weighs 887 lbs, so that would induce "BAD THINGS" in him, if ingested at the same time. The liver will have processed most of the caffeine out of the blood about 3 hours after ingestion.

Amp also happens to be my drink of choice to stay awake on the road. Works rather well. Should have used it when I pulled a 54 hour day before the VCU regional in 2002, then tried to drive the 2.5 hours there. :ahh:


Wetzel

[Andrew Blair]

I did'nt think sunkist or root beer were cafffinated! Either I have been living a lie, or they take sugar into account. Wonder how much sugar it would take to kill someone?

[Wetzel]

I did'nt think sunkist or root beer were cafffinated! Either I have been living a lie, or they take sugar into account. Wonder how much sugar it would take to kill someone?

Sugar is not caffeine. They are VERY diffrent chemicals with very diffrent effects upon the body.

Wetzel

[Morenoh149]

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caffine shirt (http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/accessories/2891/)

[Morenoh149]

more sophisticated caffine calculaor ;) http://www.energyfiend.com/ (http://http://www.energyfiend.com/) in blog format!
sorry for bringing a dead thread back to life :o

[sure_smile]

thank the stars that sprite doesnt have caffiene! though my drink of choice during build season is mountain dew...all i have to say is, caffeine isn't the only thing all u guys should be worrying about with mountain dew, because there's also the whole 'yellow 6' thing.... :D

[Greg Marra]

Heh, I had made some cool caffeine shirts for me and some of my friends. :cool:
http://www.cafepress.com/caffeinery/
If you guys are interested, let me know (via PM, preferably) and I'll set up a coupon so you can get them for just the base price.

Mountain Dew is, though, the beverage of choice for our team during build season. Bawls are just too expensive.

[artdutra04]

...caffeine isn't the only thing all u guys should be worrying about with mountain dew, because there's also the whole 'yellow 6' thing....
I don't think that the whole 'Yellow 6' thing is all that its cracked up to be. After all, if it really had serious 'side effects' as the myths say, the FDA would probably ban its sales here in the U.S. And, if you are curious, look at all the food you eat. You will see that Yellow 6 is in a lot more food than you think. I've seen it on the ingredients list on various sports drinks, microwave popcorn, chips, Doritos, various snack food products, and some ice cream.

Anyway, if it would take 149 cans of Mountain Dew to kill me (which the caffeine calculator says), I think that I would have more pressing issues on my mind, other than a caffeine overdose. After all, 149 cans x 12 ounces/can = 1,788 ounces = 111.75 gallons of Mountain Dew. You would probably die from your cells exploding from a massive overdose of water before the caffeine would kill you.

[Wetzel]

all i have to say is, caffeine isn't the only thing all u guys should be worrying about with mountain dew, because there's also the whole 'yellow 6' thing.... :D
When I was in school it was Red 5.

Myth. You can find a page on it at snopes, listed under Yellow 5.

Wetzel