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Giant Study May Have Found The Ideal Amount of Coffee to Lower Stress (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Moderate coffee intake (2–3 cups/day) linked to lowest mental disorder risk https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032725024346?via=ihub

I still don't understand in detail what a "cup" is and if coffee type and preparation matter.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

A cup is 250ml of liquid.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Usually, yes, but where coffee is concerned (labeling on coffee makers, for example) a "cup" is traditionally 3/4 of that.

So it's ambiguous if they don't specify further. (Do they? The link isn't loading for me.)

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

236ml in the US because it makes no sense.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

A cup is a relative unit