What dose of tea can kill a person. This Drink Could Be Lethal – Health

Tea or coffee can only be deadly in certain quantities. It all depends on the caffeine content in the drink, Sports.kz reports with reference to Hibiny.ru.

“What dose of tea can kill a person: this drink can be lethal,” the article’s headline notes.

Evgeniy Belousov, a gastroenterologist at Meditsina JSC, Candidate of Medical Sciences, told RIAMO about this, emphasizing that a lethal dose of caffeine is approximately 10 g consumed in a short period of time. This is what is contained in one hundred cups of strong brewed coffee.

The doctor recalled that one cup of black tea contains 40 mg of caffeine, which means death can occur after drinking 250 cups. Green tea contains even less caffeine – from 20 mg, depending on the variety, that is, only half a thousand cups can become a lethal dose.

Belousov…