The good microbes, such as Bifidobacterium and lactic acid bacteria, feast on chocolate , stated Maria Moore, an undergraduate student and one of the study's researchers, at the meeting. When you eat dark chocolate, they grow and ferment it, producing compounds that are anti-inflammatory..
Toxic doses, over 10 grams per day for an adult, are much higher than typical doses of under 500 milligrams per day. A cup of coffee contains 80â175 mg of caffeine, depending on what bean (seed) is used and how it is prepared (e.g. drip, percolation, or espresso). Thus it requires roughly 50â100 ordinary cups of coffee to reach a lethal dose.
The Facts about Caffeine in K-Cups. The standard cup of coffee has 120 mg of caffeine in an 8 fl oz cup. However, an 8 oz cup of coffee from a standard 2 oz K-Cup contains between 100-140 mg of caffeine. Most K-Cups consist of 2 tablespoons of ground coffee which equals 2 ounces of coffee.