The Caffeine Plot Twist (over 400 mg was healthier than 0 mg!?)
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ποΈ 6 February 2026
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| 0:00.0 | A lot of people don't really think of stimulants as brain supporting, but there's been a lot of |
| 0:06.0 | emerging literature on coffee. |
| 0:08.0 | I think you were actually the one who tweeted the study about how like upwards of the |
| 0:13.9 | equivalent of like 500 to 600 milligrams of caffeine, I think from coffee was, I, showed a greater benefit of health than, like, |
| 0:24.3 | the equivalent of 200 to 300 milligrams of, I don't remember the exact caffeine amount. |
| 0:28.0 | You could speak to it, but it was pretty surprising for, like, a lot of people think, |
| 0:32.5 | oh, if he passes 400 milligram threshold of caffeine equals bad. |
| 0:38.1 | I think what a lot of people don't realize is that |
| 0:40.2 | recommendation is based on a body weight multiplier of somebody who was |
| 0:45.3 | like under 150, an average of like 150 pounds, I think, but that's |
| 0:48.8 | neither here nor there. But as far as that coffee literature that you |
| 0:52.2 | presented, I would love to hear just what it showed in terms of benefits, attributes, and like trying to disentangle, is it the caffeine or is it the other stuff from the coffee? |
| 1:05.9 | It does seem as though there is a bit of a dose response, like going up to like three, even four cups of coffee a day, you have a stronger effect. |
| 1:15.6 | Like you're having more benefit from drinking the coffee. |
| 1:20.2 | And notably the best or the highest yield of benefit in that study was a group drinking more than what would otherwise be the |
| 1:29.7 | highest recommended dose by the FDA, if I recall correctly. Yeah, I mean, so, you know, |
| 1:34.9 | people that are drinking three or four cups, four cups of coffee a day, I think that's a little |
| 1:39.3 | bit higher, even up to five cups, actually. What would be a typical cup of coffee? |
| 1:44.9 | So it's a loaded question because it depends on so many factors, right? |
| 1:50.0 | Like if you're making it at home, if you're going to Starbucks, if you're getting |
| 1:53.1 | espresso, so I mean, it could be anywhere between 200 milligrams to like 400 milligrams. |
| 1:58.0 | Like it really does depend a lot on where you're getting your source, right? |
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