Effects of Soda and Caffeine (Assignment 3)

I will be writing to those people that are like me out there. Those who struggle with getting over the fact that the oh so yummy sodas are not good for you. Those people whose life revolves around when they get to drink their next dosage of caffeine. I am writing to those who feel as if without the caffeine, they can’t live. I am writing to those who are highly dehydrated, and know that they are but don’t do anything about it because the thought of drinking water just makes them want to sleep. Those people who say “water doesn’t taste good”.

            My topic is timely because of the amount of obesity in America. Other countries do not drink soda like we do, and oddly enough, they are not fat like Americans are. I want people to see why we need the water, and what it does to change our lives. It affects us because it’s our lives, it’s our children, and it’s our bodies. I don’t think people see that the amount of sodas our country drinks affect our entire lives, and those coming after us. I care about this topic because I was one of those people. I was on my way to being fat and unhealthy. I was already extremely unhealthy, but when I put down the can and picked up the water bottle something changed inside me. Yes, the addiction still fights to get through, but it’s not going to beat me. I won’t give in when I know that it’s going to save not only my life, but my future children’s lives.

I was taught to just be able to answer the question without the personal investment, because all that matters is my ability to give a proper answer. My professors now care, because now I am an adult. I am old enough to be considered a part of the community. If I am the next president, senator, actress, singer, etc., I need to be able to have a proper influence on the generation below me. If I can’t, then our country is shot to hell.

I see some viewpoints. Some people argue that small dosages of caffeine are not a problem, and this may be true, but with caffeine comes the addiction and the sugar. Sugar brings fat, and addiction brings higher dosages more often and more struggles. I learned that people actually see caffeine as a good thing to take in small dosages. I have never heard anything “good” about caffeine when it comes to health, until now. I’ve learned that there is so much more to caffeine than anyone expected or really even knows.