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Death by Caffeine: How Many Double-Shots Will Kill You?

A delightfully morbid website is offering some crucial numbers: how many caffeinated drinks you need to chug to shuffle off this mortal coil. If you’re a supermodel of 100 pounds, 152 cans of Diet Coke will do it. In a hurry? Try 53 cans of Starbucks Double-Shot. So what are they talking about? Drinking that […]

A delightfully morbid website is offering some crucial numbers: how many caffeinated drinks you need to chug to shuffle off this mortal coil.

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If you're a supermodel of 100 pounds, 152 cans of Diet Coke will do it. In a hurry? Try 53 cans of Starbucks Double-Shot.

So what are they talking about? Drinking that much in a lifetime, in a month, or a day? It's actually more like the latter, with the numbers based on how much caffeine you have in your body at one time.

The site, Energy Fiend, includes a disclaimer:

Don’t try this at home. If you actually try this and end up dying after only 140 drinks instead of 143, it’s not our fault.

Of course, if you drank that much over a short period, you may be more likely to die of water intoxication. (Commenters? Am I right about this?)

As for me, my drink of choice is iced tea (yes, I'm utterly wussified) and about 406 cups would do me in.

Thanks to Healthbolt.