It takes students a couple of college days to realize they’re going to need some extra energy to get them through boring lectures, homework filled nights, and long walks through campus. Most students resort to naps, energy drinks, and/or coffee. In many instances, adults and friends will say coffee is bad because getting used to needing caffeine is not the best route. We all know the rumors about caffeine’s addictive capabilities, but what we don’t actually know is that it can be beneficial and necessary for a college student.

In one article it explained that the world views coffee in two different ways, the good side and the bad. For college students though, the article explains a study done in October 2007 done where 51% of 496 students were seen to resort to coffee daily and when preparing for tests. It was proven that they tested higher since the coffee made them more aware of what was going on. On the contrary, the article emphasizes that too much coffee can bring more harm than good. “Neuron activity is increased during coffee consumption. When this happens, a student’s adenosine receptors — which trigger adrenaline flow — are disrupted. Brain activity functions at a higher level, but only briefly. Excessive use can cause the student to crash and burn, leaving him feeling jittery, irritable and dehydrated, as well as having a headache and not thinking clearly.”  In order for college students to get the most out of the coffee, one much drink moderately and only for its beneficial uses. Coffee reduces the risk of diabetes, gallstones, Parkinson’s disease, and liver disease. This article was very descriptive as it exemplified the pro’s and con’s through the college student view point.

On another note, college students need coffee for less serious reasons. The Huntington Post describes eleven pivotal roles that coffee plays in a college student’s life. The more realistic ones seemed to be that coffee keeps kids awake during boring classes, cures hangovers, and motivates them to use that energy a little more in order to get things done. These factors are seen throughout schools every in the world. In the College Magazine they discuss a study at the University of Illinois; this study shows that coffee drinking leads to a beneficial biochemical change of environment in one’s brain. This change helps reduce the chances of dementia in one’s lifetime. According to google, dementia is the chronic disorder of the mental process. Coffee does more harm than good when balanced throughout a person’s diet.

According to the pros and cons of coffee, it can be concluded that drinking coffee moderately does more harm than good. Improved health, high test scores, and awareness are all aspects that come along with proper coffee drinking through college students. It is suggestive that we should all go against the “coffee is an addiction: stereotype and begin to drink so for the benefits of college students.