Caffeine Addiction Essay

Nausea, anxiety, depression, muscle tremors. What do they all have in common? They are all side effects or withdrawal symptoms of America’s favorite and least recognized drug: caffeine. Caffeine has many negative side effects that far outweigh any benefits, and yet it can be found in virtually any household, university campus, workplace, or meetinghouse across the country. Not only that, but many people are not even aware that the very thing they consume on a daily basis has been debated over…

to consume no more than 100 mg of caffeine a day. An energy drink is a mixture of chemicals, sugars and vitamins that give people the boost they need throughout the day. The world wide energy drink market expects to make $61 billion by 2021. Energy drinks have a poor effect on people because they cause addiction, negative health effects, and costly physical effects. People can become addicted to almost anything. Author Jacqueline Howard quotes that “The caffeine found in energy drinks as well…

The Truth Behind Caffeine and Marijuana Across America, coffee shops and convenience stores sell millions of cups of caffeine, a legal and seemingly safe stimulant, every day. Marijuana, on the other hand, only recently became legal for four of the fifty states within the country. Most people immediately believe that because these states belong to the minority, they should not have legalized this drug, and because all states consider caffeine a legal, then caffeine must serve as an acceptable…

Hansen Beverage Company. Their slogan “Unleash the Beast” means if you drink Monster Energy, you are capable of anything. “Energy drinks are defined as soft drinks with energy-enhancing properties; mainly carbonated and containing stimulants such as caffeine, taurine, guarana, glucuronolactone, yerba mate, along with glucose syrup (corn syrup) and maltodextrin.” (MarketLine, 2016, p. 35) Before game time, many athletes believe drinking an energy drink will improve their performance. They are…

energy that is found in the caffeine of coffee. Coffee has the immediate effect of boosting unnatural energy into the body making you feel less tired, allowing you to more productive. But is coffee really a good solution or just another factor making a problem bigger? My concern is to what extent does coffee become the problem as opposed to the solution for college students? The overconsumption of caffeine can be extremely dangerous and very addictive. The energy that caffeine provides…

Caffeine has been used all over the world for centuries, and today we consume caffeine on a day to day basis. Rather it be habitual or by accident it seems to be found everywhere in at least the average American’s diet. The main reason so much caffeine is consumed today is because of its ability to “put off exhaustion.” By definition caffeine is a drug that stimulates the central nervous system causing increased heart rate and alertness. Meaning that it is not necessarily giving you “energy” but…

body energy? Everyone loves the pump up feeling that the beverages give you, but no one knows how they actually give you energy. Energy drinks consume of sugar and caffeine, caffeine makes your body feel more energized by affecting your brain, while sugar refuels your body's cells and helps keep you physically active longer. Once caffeine reaches the brain, it crosses the blood-brain barrier and stimulates the brain cells(neurons) indirectly. Making the…

In today’s never-sleeping society, many are guilty to having a coffee addiction. Whether it is part of a morning routine before work or a last minute study tool to prevent college students from sleeping, everyone knows that caffeine keeps people awake. The short term effects that caffeine has on wakefulness is known, but the long-term effects, however, are not. To test for the long term effects of caffeine, Burke, et al. performed their study on our natural body clock, which was published in…

drugs marketed as providing mental and physical stimulation, usually through high amounts of sugar and caffeine. Other common chemicals are taurine, inositol, Vitamins B3, B5, B6 and B12, supposed to provide extra energy. This paper will identify structures, energy production reasons, health implications and propose an energy drink ban. Caffeine has formula C8H10N4O2, as seen below left. Caffeine is fat, water soluble: it is absorbed into the blood, flowing to the brain. Adenosine is a…

Caffeine, a miracle drug, has been around globally for thousands of years. Society is continuously talking about how addicted to caffeine the American population is, but how exactly does it affect the human body? Caffeine may not seem like it can do anything harmful to your body, but I want to push you to think harder on how much caffeine you consume daily, how it affects your body, and maybe even consider cutting back on your daily intake. We all know what caffeine is, but if asked to…