4th March, 2008: How Much Buzz is Too Much?
Okay, I realize the new buzz in beverages is “buzz”…how much caffeine you can put in your body to “jack you up”. Well I am not claiming to be a doctor but I think at some point, the caffeine we put in our bodies reaches a point that is over the top.
I had always read in different periodicals, that the maximum you should put in your body is around 300 milligrams a day. Sounded fair, as that would be about 6 cups of tea or 3 cups of “regular” coffee. So the other day I opened up a magazine (InStyle, Feb 2008) and there is a section called, HOW MUCH CAFFEINE MEASURES UP. In it, it states that the National Sleep Foundation recommends consuming no more than 240 mg. a day-okay, that seemed pretty reasonable as well. Then they listed some popular products and their caffeine count. I was delighted to see our Bigelow Earl Grey listed and it stated that one cup had 40 mg. (yeap), but then it listed a very popular chain coffee-a Grande had 550 MILLIGRAMS.
All I can say is HOLY COW. If that is what you are consuming at one sitting- I would stop and take pause. Again, I am no doctor, but at that kind of number what are we doing to our bodies??
Hey I love caffeine with the rest of them, remember I drink a good 5 cups a day, but 550 at once….all I can say is OUCH….
Okay enough lecturing, I am now going to make a cup of Earl Grey Tea-get my caffeine and not “jack myself” up to another planet!
Cindi Bigelow
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3rd March, 2008: Ashley Judd Talks Tea
Actress Ashley Judd has been known to sip both jasmine and nettle tea, but that small fact doesn’t quite do justice to explaining her relationship with the beverage. The movie star with the looks of a model and a portfolio of a pro (she has been nominated for two Golden Globes and one Emmy Award), has been as outspoken about her tea as she has been about her early life with mother Naomi and sister Wynonna Judd of country music fame.
For instance, tea is a morning indulgence and she guiltily notes that “Every morning, I put down all my annoyances on paper so I don’t take them out on people later in the day. I would be completely embarrassed if anyone ever read them. It’s like, ‘my tea is the wrong temperature, and I don’t want to get up.’”
Tea is also part of her identity as a southern gal and she’s proud to say that “… us Kentucky girls, we have fire and ice in our blood. We can ride horses, be a debutante, throw left hooks, and drink with the boys, all the while making sweet tea, darlin’.”
For more information on this southern talent, visit Ashley-Judd.com.
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