Coffee: Good for you?
...eir parents like it so much. They begin to explore different types of coffee until they find something they enjoy. The ability to experiment is important, and, like their parents, they often become “addicted”. However, the “addiction” cannot completely be attributed to the parents. Teens are targeted by coffee industries around the world because of their expendable funds and their desire to spend it on just about anything. Starbucks, an internationally known coffee chain, makes drinks that are appealing to teens that have little coffee in them at all. Who could resist a frozen shake with a dash of a wake-up call? In addition, moving into the 21st century, teens in their higher years have needed to find their own spot to “chill”. They also want to portray an image of maturity, and coffee is a hip way of doing it. Just walk into any Starbucks and you will see the display of teens. Coffeehouses offer a relaxing atmosphere, social hours with friends, and massive cups of coffee loaded with caffeine. However, some of the things that come along with coffee are not so appealing. According to an article on coffee “Caffeine can contribute to irritability, depression, diarrhea, insomnia, and other disorders.” This does not seem very pleasant to me. Teens use coffee to keep them up for a late night of studying, but they also use it to wake themselves up after their short night of sleep. The next night they may not be able to find sleep, no matter how tired they are, because of this overload of caffeine. Teens may find themselves becoming surrounding by a world of sleeplessness. Where will this cycle end? Caffeine is also known to speed up your heart rate, therefore making it work harder. ...