It's easy to get completely addicted to coffee on Wall Street.
When you start out as a young analyst, the boring hours between spreadsheets and pitch books are spent going on Starbucks runs.
And of course, everyone needs a pick-me-up working those 14 hour days.
You can drink too much coffee, however, and that can be harmful to your body. Research indicates that ingesting too much caffeine (500-600 mgs or 5 or more cups of coffee) can cause anything from restlessness to muscle tremors.
So keep all this in mind when you order your next double shot of espresso.
It can make you hear things.
According to a study by the University of Melborune, coffee is "the most commonly used psychoactive drug," and drinking more than 5 cups a day can have you hearing things.
Researchers gave 92 subjects large amounts of coffee and then had them listen to white noise.
From The Daily Mail:
Professor Simon Crowe, of La Trobe University in Melbourne, said: "We also told them that within the white noise there may be parts of the song White Christmas and if you hear it, press a button. We didn’t include White Christmas in the white noise but found that more people who were very stressed and had high levels of caffeine thought they heard the song. The combination of caffeine and stress affect the likelihood of an individual experiencing a psychosis-like symptom."
It can damage your liver.
According to studies by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, while moderate amounts of coffee can help the liver to detoxify the body, too much can have to opposite effect and hinder your liver's function. This is especially true if you're taking high doses of common over-the-counter pain medication.
It can raise your blood pressure.
That's according to a Carnegie Mellon study which also says that coffee can stimulate the heart and cause shallow breathing.
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