Melissa in the Morning: Caffeine Addiction?

According to national data, each day, Americans consume a total of 400 million cups of coffee. Individually, reports say the average coffee drinker in the US consumes about three cups of coffee per day. While that doesn’t break down how many cups of coffee are caffeinated or decaf, it also doesn’t include the many other caffeinated drinks, like tea and energy drinks. March is caffeine awareness month and we wanted to take accountability for the amount of caffeine we take in per day and learn what we should be looking at moving forward to be sure we aren’t becoming addicted or damaging our bodies. We got perspective from Primary Care Physician, Dr. Andrew Wong, Medical Director of Hartford HealthCare Medical group in the Fairfield region.

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