jmg@houxk.UUCP (08/12/83)
I received the following inquiry regarding my coffee (caffeine) consumption at the time that I suffered a heart attack and was suffering from arthritis: To: houxk!jmg Re: coffee, etc. How much coffee, etc were you consumming/day to bring on those effects? F. Carlson pyuxqq!fmc eagle!fmc To the best of my recollection my coffee schedule went something like this: 1 cup at home or at work first thing in morning 1 cup at morning break 1 cup in morning after break 1 or 2 cups at lunch 1 cup at afternoon break 1 cup in afternoon after break 1 or 2 cups with supper at home total: 7 to 9 cups a day (average weekday) However, I started to experience a gradual increase in arthritic symptoms before I got on this schedule. Previously I was usually a tea drinker until I experienced indigestion from tea and switched to coffee. I didn't think that this rate of consumption was unusual because I assumed like many others that coffee really wasn't harmful. Joe McGhee Bell Labs, Holmdel, N.J.