The Importance Of Caffeine Among College Students

Title The room is filled with the sounds of unintelligible conversation and there’s an aroma of freshly ground coffee beans floating through the air. Natural light pour in through the large glass windows, casting blurry shadows on the floor and warming the air. The walls, painted a soft orange, seem to absorb the light and glow in response. People of various background fill the small coffee shop but there is one demographic that is represented much more than others. College students. Some come in and leave within a few minutes while others take up residence at one of the many tables. The students that stay for a while have notebooks, laptops, and a variety of other study materials sprawled out in front of them. Although the things that these …show more content…
Intensive course work drains students of their energy daily. To feel awake again, students, myself included, consume more and more caffeine just to function at a normal level. This consumption is not limited to only the morning though. I used to drink coffee throughout the day, especially when I was going to library to grind out hours of schoolwork. Students feel like drinking gives them more determination and motivation to study longer and more efficiently. It is believed that drinking coffee while studying will aid in remembering information later. Actually, studies have shown that, while there is evidence that shows caffeine supports information consolidation, there is a minimum threshold that helps. Consuming about 200mg of caffeine assists in remembering material, but there is no evidence that anything more than that has an added bonus. In fact, overconsumption of caffeine is linked to a whole host of negative side effects on the mind and …show more content…
In the moment the experience was unbelievable. I got more work done in the span of a few hours than I would have in a few days. I just did not want to stop working. After the effects began to wear off it was terrible though. I stayed up for hours, until the sun set and then rose again. There was no time to sleep, just right back into the routine of the next day. I stayed awake for nearly 48 hours and that had an awful effect on my body and mind. Headaches came, my hand began to shake, and I found it hard to think clearly, like my mind was stuck in a fog. Then I crashed hard and needed multiple days to recover the lost sleep. This scenario is playing out on campuses all across the country and it is starting to become