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by jacquesm 3102 days ago
That much caffeine is a serious health risk.
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Six cans of Red Bull is about 480mg caffeine (assuming six 250ml cans at 32mg/100ml caffeine). Not exactly recommended (and may be unpleasant), but it shouldn't be a serious risk to the average person either (it's about the same as three strong cups of coffee).
I drink that much caffeine before noon every day. It's 3 cups of coffee.

edit: I suspect the ~200g of sugar is worse on some level.

LD50 is 150-200mg per kg, so 480mg from 6 cans of redbull shouldn't be a serious risk.