Caffeine Persuasive Essay

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Many athletes use caffeine to gain a competitive edge, is it worth the risk? When using caffeine, there are many inconvenient side effects. Caffeine can increase the risk of dehydration. Another more serious risk of pairing exercise and caffeine is the possibility of reaching too high of a heart rate. Using caffeine to boost your performance is unrealistic and inefficient. Athletes should avoid the use of caffeine due to the negative effects on their personal health and physical performance.
Although caffeine gives some people a wanted boost, it has many undesirable side effects. People who consume caffeine may suffer from nausea, anxiety, restlessness, irritability, muscle twitching, tremors, and headaches. All of these side effects can …show more content…

There has been research that shows that using caffeine permits an athlete to train at a greater power output. This makes it possible to increase an athlete’s speed in race conditions and to have a greater endurance and resistance. This research was done with well trained and elite athletes who when doing this experiment used a tremendous amount of caffeine. For amateurs or high school athletes this research is irrelevant due to the fact that they are rarely able to train to exhaustion or consume the needed amount of caffeine. There is not enough caffeine found in coffee, soft drinks, or energy drinks for athletes to gain the benefits of caffeine (Spriet, Graham). For an athlete to enhance their performance doping with pure caffeine is necessary (Graham). For the typical athlete this is not possible. Proper training and nutritional methods are a much more sensible and productive way to gain that competitive …show more content…

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