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A caffeine supplementation of 3 mg/kg significantly improved performance of elite e-sports players, by enhancing reaction and shooting skills (original.newsbreak.com)
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[โ€“] xkforce@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK223789/

TLDR: doses 10 times that can kill. Several symptoms of caffeine poisoning are often apparent at doses of 15+ mg/kg

[โ€“] arymandias@feddit.de 7 points 9 months ago

Ah so my friend can actually increase his caffeine intake by 50%? Good to know