Informative Essay: What Is Caffeine?

Caffeine- to ingest or not to ingest essay

What is caffeine? Essentially it is a combination of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen in many single and double covalent bonds since caffeine is only made up of nonmetal elements they have to be bonded with covalent bonds. These bonds react with adenosine in one’s brain, so that they aren’t able to bond with their receptors and this in turn gives caffeine the effect that it has. Caffeine is also a polar molecule, therefore it can be taken out of compounds using other polar molecules. From a chemical perspective caffeine might not look as dangerous because it can be easily taken out of substances and is made from elements we interact with safely, however it is a very dangerous chemical and it has many bad implications to one’s health; therefore, the DPS needs to place caffeine on the banned chemicals list. There are four main reasons that we need to put caffeine on the banned chemicals list, one is that caffeine negatively effects one’s heart, another is that caffeine

When coffee is planted a special type of cultivation is used called sun cultivation. This causes deforestation in order to make space for the coffee to grow, therefore reducing the density of the Central American tropical forests. This destroys the habitats of many of the forests animals. Another way caffeine indirectly effects the environment is that the coffee plants that process the coffee bean discharge pollutants into rivers and other waterways. This leads to the blockage of oxygen for many aquatic plants and wildlife. Finally caffeine effects the environment through the waste that is produced in the production of coffee. This waste can also play havoc with soil and water sources as coffee pulp is often dumped into streams, severely degrading fragile