On Tue, 30 Nov 1999 20:11:37 -0500, Nelson Bryson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I've just finished reading Ray's latest edition of Neanderthin, which
>mentions the use of green tea as acceptable for its healthful benefits,
>despite its low level of caffeine.
>

Green tea has *more* caffeine than coffe has.
1 cup of coffee has about 80mg,
1 cup of black tea        40mg,
green tea has more than coffee.
(Toxic are doses from 1 g on, deadly is a 11g coffeine dose).

4 cups of coffee have the day's amount of niacin, a B vitamin.
If you try to abolish coffee I suggest not only to supplement
and/or reduce caffeine, but also to make shure a very good supply
of niacin (vitamin B3).

regards
Amadeus S.