Dev Mishra, M.D is the President of Sideline Sports Doc, Clinical Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Stanford University. She wrote this article about the effects of caffeine being good or bad on athletes. There are many positive effects for adults taking caffeine. Most people think that caffeine will dehydrate you, but it does the total opposite. When taking a caffeine supplement make sure it is not carbonated soda or energy drinks. Make it a good source of caffeine. She also said that if an adult athlete is going to start taking a caffeine supplement to do a test trial before competition because sometimes it can have a negative effect. Mishra also did a test on teenage athletes. The conclusion of this test was teenage athletes should not take caffeine. Teens break down or metabolize caffeine differently than adults. Lastly, children should not take caffeine at all. Caffeine can reach toxic levels way faster in teens and children compared to an adult. This will help in my research paper because I can tell about the negative effects’ caffeine can have on children and teens.
The author Bulent Sokmen works at Sonoma State University in the Kinesiology department. He has a PhD in Exercise Physiology. He explains in his article where caffeine is found and about how much an average person consumes on a daily basis. Bulent also describes what organs and functions caffeine effects in the body. He also explains that caffeine can help you improve in certain things, but mainly he talks about what it does to your body. This article would be beneficial to me because it explains what caffeine does more in depth.
Erica Goldstein the author of this journal is a doctoral student at the University of Central Florida. Her current position is Clinical and Sports dietitian. Erica’s journal states that studies have shown caffeine taken in low doses by trained athletes can enhance sport performance but does not improve any other performance. Caffeine is beneficial during high intensity exercise like soccer. This journal will help in my final paper because it states many facts about caffeine and how it should be taken.
Zeljko Pedisic works for Active Living and Public Health Program at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. He is a public health researcher who mainly focuses on epidemiology and measurement of physical activity and sedentary habits. This article explains the effects of caffeine on muscle strength. They did ten studies on strength outcome and power outcome both met the criteria for the test. Caffeine improved both strength and power. It also showed that caffeine significantly improved upper body but not so much lower. This will be a helpful article when it comes to my research paper because it is a different test on how caffeine effects athletes.
The author of this experiment Chad Kerksick works at Lindenwood Univeristy in the Allied Health Department. He has his PhD in Sports Science. But he did confirm that caffeine has a positive as well as negative effect on athletes depending on the exercise. This study was done on triathlon athletes, but other athletes were assessed as well. He took twenty-six triathletes and out of those twenty six there were fourteen males and twelve females. The amount of caffeine each athlete was given was based on their age, daily caffeine intake, body fat percentage, and exercise per week. These athletes had many test taken before, after and during the race. After, looking at all the blood samples and test taken. The conclusion they came to was caffeine reduced their swim time and their overall time as well, but the athletes overall exercise intensity increased. Also, they do recommend triathletes take 6mg of every kg of body weight 40-60 minutes before competing but only if the athletes do not consume any other caffeine on a regular basis. This will help me in my research paper because I can explain a positive effect caffeine has in athletic performance.
The author of this book are Debasis Bagchi. He has a Ph.D. in Medical Chemistry, is a professor in the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Science at the University of Houston, Texas. Debasis is also the Director of Innovation and Clinical Affairs at Health Research Incorporation. The book he wrote covers anything from muscle building to nutrition. He explains the types of supplement you should be taking for the types of exercises you are doing. Debasis covers information all the way to how it effects your cells. I know that this book will be beneficial in my research paper because it has so much valuable information from a very reputable person.
Larry Birnbaum and Jacob Herbst decided to test the phycological effects of caffeine on cross country runners. Then took ten college age runners five females and five males. They then took the VO2 max of each athlete. After getting the VO2 max of each athlete they would give each athlete a cup of coffee then put them on the treadmill after running on the tread mill for thirty minutes they would be removed, given placebo, and placed back on the treadmill for another thirty minutes. Placebo is a harmless medicine taken when testing new medications. The results of this test show that the right amount of caffeine per body weight can actually improve respiratory and phycological efficiency. Talking about improvement of VO2 max because of caffeine will aid in my research paper.
Craig Pickering the author of this article was a sprinter. Here are some of his great achievements European u-20 Gold, European u-23 Silver, European indoor silver and World Championship Bronze. He also went to four World Championships, one Olympic game and three European Championships. In his article he explains how caffeine effects different people differently. Also, the kind of caffeine most people use for competition. After reading his article I had a clearer understanding of caffeine, how it effects the body and guidelines for taking it depending on the person. This article will help in my writing because it comes from an athlete as well as it tells how it will affect people differently and why.
Most caffeine test have been done on endurance athletes, but the authors of this test decided to use ball players because they actually have to use psychological, technological and cognitive capabilities. The scientists conducted nineteen studies on the ball players. Which included their accuracy, vertical jump, sprints, and agility. They noticed improvement in all of these test but there are small side effects. How well the caffeine works depends on many factors and these include the intensity of the game, too much caffeine consumption, and physical status of the athlete. The scientists do recommend for the athlete’s safety that they talk with their coaches and doctors before consuming extra caffeine.
Lawrence Spiet received his bachelor’s degree at University of Waterloo, master’s at York University and Ph.D. at McMaster University. He is now a professor at the University of Guelph located in Canada. It is the college of Biological Science. In his journal he talks about how long scientists have been doing research on caffeine and its effects on athletes. He also compares high doses and low doses of caffeine given to athletes. This journal would help with my research because it tests higher doses of caffeine on athletes.
The author Claudio Perret works at the Institute of Sports Medicine. This study did a test comparing the effects of caffeine on anaerobic exercise. They took eighteen male athletes and made them complete three different exercises. First exercise was leg press, next was chest press and lastly was Wingate. The Wingate exercise is a very popular exercise that is mostly performed on a stationary bike. This test reveals the individual’s anaerobic capacity and power output. During the test a higher weight was lifted with chest press and a higher Wingate was achieved, but the leg press had no change. After the test the athlete’s glucose, blood pressure and cortisol were much higher. This showing that a moderate dose of caffeine can increase the amount of weight you can life. Caffeine works best for short workouts, but it can have some positive benefits for longer workouts as well. Me personally cannot have caffeine before I work out because it makes me feel to jittery, but it probably makes a lot of people feel that way because it raises your blood pressure, cortisol, and glucose.
