I love my coffee, but I was never really aware of caffeine overdose until I read a news story about it yesterday. There’s a limit to how much caffeine you can consume. For one teenager in Northern Ireland, the limit was seven double espressos. 17 year old Jasmine Willis thought that the espressos were single shots, but even 5 espressos seem high to me.

There were multiple symptoms of her overdose :
- unpredictable behaviour (she started laughing and crying for no reason)
- high body temperature
- hyperventilation
- palpitations

Sounds scary, right? She was admitted to University Hospital of North Durham and is slowly recovering.

The next time you’re thinking about “just another cup” of coffee, think first about how many you’ve had for the day!
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