P1) Caffeine is a critical part of our daily lives because it’s a source of energy and leaves major impacts on us from consuming caffeine. The impacts that it leaves have affected our sleeping cycle, academic performance, and our bodies. It has led to affecting even college students’ academic careers due to them consuming heavy amounts of caffeine. Due to this being a problem it causes,

“the high demands and stresses of college and graduate school, it is not surprising that many students sacrifice sleep and substitute with caffeine for the sake of their academic performance. Most students are unaware of the potential repercussions of these behaviors. Associated with these habits of excess caffeine consumption and sleep deficiency, students are not meeting weekly exercise recommendations. Due to busy schedules, nearly 40-50% of college students are deemed physically inactive.” ¹

Which we find is a result of them ignoring their well-being and instead focusing more on the lines of their academic performance. It leaves us unaware of what’s happening to our body as it’s being constancy on overdrive all the time which affects us heavily.

P2) This highlights some of the impacts that we experience from consuming caffeine and our sleep cycle is greatly affected. When people try to get at least a good 1 to 2-hour nap they can’t due to the caffeine that they drank still being their system. As a result which leaves,

“Most people benefit from at least 7 to 8 hours of sleep each night, which is an adequate amount of time for a person to complete a regular sleep cycle. When students lose sleep, they disrupt their sleep cycles and their bodies respond by decreasing their ability to concentrate and complete complex tasks.” ²

Any chance of sleep that we try to get is interrupted due to the caffeine in our system which reduces the amount of deep sleep we all enjoy. Due to us consume caffeine earlier in the afternoon or evening which makes it even harder for us to concentrate during either class or get some sleep.

P3) By contrasting

“The study consists of a four section anonymous, Qualtrics online survey with a series of questions regarding caffeine consumption, sleep, and academics. The total amount (mg) of caffeine consumed and total sleep duration was determined for each participant. Results found that non-consumers have longer sleep duration (p=0.002) and higher GPA compared to the consumers group (p< 0.001), non-caffeine consumers have longer sleep duration compared to the high level of caffeine consumption (p=0.041), and that males consume a greater amount (mg) of caffeine than females (p=0.024).³

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References

1. Saira Haq & Katelyn M. Walsh. (2018) Examining the Effects of Caffeine, Sleep and Exercise on the Academic Performance of PA Students. Bethel University ↩︎
2. Otenyo, Jane Kate. (2015). Sleeping Habits and Sleep Deprivation Among College Students. University of Arizona ↩︎
3. Gabrish, Danielle L. (2017). Caffeine Use, Hours of Sleep, and Academic Performance of Undergraduate College Students. Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Health Sciences. ↩︎