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We get it, you need coffee to start your day. To get moving, to work, to finish tasks, to meet deadlines, to work out, to have the enthusiasm to attend weekly meetings, and so on. You need it so much your body begins to depend on your daily dose of caffeine. Without it, you can’t imagine how you’ll have the energy and the motivation to last the day. But alas, with coffee shops everywhere, you’re never short of your caffeine supply. You take it each time you feel you need it or want it. So, you make it worse by consuming caffeine way more than you’re supposed to.
Coffee, of course, isn’t water. You can drink too much of it, but that can be detrimental for your health. Unfortunately, your love affair with caffeine is not without repercussions. Studies show that consuming excessive caffeine can cause anything from agitation to muscle tremors. But how much is too much? Research signifies that 500-600 mgs of caffeine daily is already beyond the safe limit. That’s over 5 cups of coffee.
Here are 10 ways drinking too much coffee can affect the body:
Moderate consumption of coffee helps the liver in terms of detoxification, but too much of it does the opposite. As a matter of fact, going 5 or more cups of coffee daily can disrupt your liver from doing its job.
This is based on a study conducted at the Oregon State University. To make sure your bones are healthy, be sure you’re getting sufficient vitamin D and calcium while enjoying being a coffee lover.