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October 7, 2013 • Issue no. 14 Volume 26
Boise, Idaho
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The truth
about caffeine
Many students use caffeine for the benefits without considering the risk Why students use caffeine
Cher Wada Koenig Staff Writer
With so many due dates, looming assignments and college activities, it’s no wonder students turn to a little pick-me-up in order to stay on top of things. Sometimes though, that pickme-up can actually be more harmful than helpful.
Kailene Power, senior communication/English major, said she consumes far too much caffeine each day. She listed her main source of caffeine as coffee. “(I drink) usually a cup or two in the morning and then maybe some later,” Power said. Power said she gets headaches when she tries to skip drinking coffee, but the headaches are not consistent. “If I do get a headache, then there are other factors like not drinking enough water
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133.4 milligrams is the average amount of caffeine men between 20-29 drink per day.
is the average amount of caffeine in 8 ounces of coffee of the caffeine intake of American adults comes from beverages. In 2009 enough caffeinated soda was sold in the United States for every person over the age of two to have one 12-ounce serving per day.
or not sleeping the night before or something else that would contribute to that but it’s not solely a caffeine headache,” Power said. Power admitted to starting her caffeine intake early in the day due to her nanny role during the week. She said she continues her intake throughout the day by studying in coffee shops. Jared Bonny, junior criminal justice major, said he consumes close to a liter of coffee every day. Bonny said it’s due to the coffee here in the United States being weak. “Coffee in the States sucks. We have better coffee in Europe,” Bonny said. Bonny said he doesn’t notice headaches or any adverse effects because he drinks coffee all the time. “I never stop drinking coffee,” Bonny said. What caffeine does to you These students aren’t alone in their consumption of caffeine each day. Megan McGuffey, registered dietitian in the Health Services Clinic, said caffeine is both good and bad. “When you don’t go overboard with caffeine, you can have increased focus and alertness,” Mc-
Guffey said. “They’ve done studies on increased endurance in athletes, if you consume a cup of coffee before you go for a long run. Or things like faster reaction time and decrease in sleepiness, like when you wake up in the morning and you need that cup of coffee to get a pick-me-up.” McGuffey said a good recommendation of caffeine intake per day is probably about 300mgs the equivalent of two to three cups of coffee. And although she is not aware of being able to overdose on caffeine, there are some side effects from ingesting too much. “Sometimes you can have some adverse effects like shakiness, irritability, GI (gastro intestinal) discomfort, stomach issues, nervousness, insomnia and things like that,” McGuffey said. “Then there are people who are naturally just sensitive to caffeine and might experience those (discomforts) when they have lower doses of caffeine. If you have high blood pressure or heart problems, you should always talk to your doctor about caffeine intake.” Where we get caffeine
McGuffey stated some fitness waters also contain hidden sources of caffeine, specifically in the form of Guarana. “It’s important to note that caffeine is not a regulated sub-
stance,” McGuffey said. “All food doesn’t have to have a label on it saying ‘this is how much caffeine is in a product’. So you have to educate yourself on what has caffeine in it.” McGuffey listed some of the more popular caffeinated items as energy drinks, caffeinated sodas, teas, chocolate, coffee ice cream and coffee desserts. “If students are having trouble sleeping, I would definitely look at what kind of food or drinks they are consuming that maybe have caffeine in them,” McGuffey said. The dangers and how to overcome them
For sleep issues, McGuffey suggested stopping caffeine at 3 p.m., because it takes six hours to fully metabolize caffeine. Caffeine is an upper, it’s a stimulant. But when students are mixing it with alcohol, it’s a depressant, according to McGuffey. See Caffeine I page 3
Source: Food and Drug Administration
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Air Force games canceled The fight between the Democrats and Republicans over the Affordable Care Act escalated into a partial government shutdown this week. While Americans in the government workforce are feeling the pinch, university athletic programs across the country are starting to run into problems as well. The Air Force Academy Falcons, Naval Academy Midshipmen, and Army Black Knights are the nation’s three service academies with full athletic programs. At the beginning of the week, all three school’s athletic programs were completely shutdown from
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funding. The funding cutoff to the service academies resulted in all intercollegiate athletic programs to be suspended from all travel immediately, thus cancelling and postponing many games scheduled for the weekend. Air Force, a Mountain West affiliate, had two different matchups scheduled with Boise State over the weekend, both of which were postponed. The first announcement came for the Boise State volleyball team on Tuesday, Oct. 2 when a press release stated the Friday, Oct. 4 game with Air Force had been postponed. “Yeah that was a bizarre situation. We started hearing from their coaches as early as Mon-
Yeah that was a bizarre situation. Up until yesterday afternoon we didn’t know if we were preparing for Air Force or New Mexico.
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day about what might happen and we were kind of just in a waiting pattern,” Boise State volleyball head coach Shawn Garus said. “Up until yesterday afternoon we didn’t know if we were preparing for Air Force or New Mexico.” The postponement of the match creates a gray area for how the Broncos schedule will shape up. “I’m interested to see what happens. We’ve heard anywhere from we’re going to reschedule it to it could be just canceled and be a no contest,” Garus said. “No forfeit, it would just be like it never happened, like it was never on the schedule.” The other event canceled for Bronco athletics this weekend was a matchup on Sunday afternoon for the soccer team. Soccer was on an hour-tohour basis for most of the week, but did not find out the game would be canceled until late Friday morning.
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Boise State head coach Jim Thomas was disappointed the game wouldn’t be played. “Its really, really unfortunate. I feel for those guys [Air Force] and the team there,” Thomas said. “It’s by no fault
played annually since 1972. Army’s game with Boston College had also been canceled at the time. While football games for all three service academies were cleared for play over the weekend, no other intercollegiate athletic programs were reinstated. This could have major repercussions for conference play moving forward for several sports.
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of their own that they are unable to play at the moment.” This government shutdown also jeopardized many crucial and historic football games for the service academies. These games were eventually cleared for play, but that was not the case for most of the week. Most notable, was the football game between the Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy, which has been
Until the government resumes only Air Force football will be played.
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