Article Summaries

Mawer, R.  (2016, March). How caffeine improves exercise performance.  Retrieved 
from https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/caffeine-and-exercise

i).  From this article the objectives are very clear from the beginning. These objectives include, how to compare the positive effects of caffeine on athletic performance.
ii). Throughout the article there are many examples of results from this research, for example, that caffeine is one of the most effective substances for energy and performance enhancement
iii). The research methods that were used in this paper were using other studies to compare to this artictle's finding, also comparing other data from all around and corporate it into its findings
iv). This article is very relevant to my topic because it greatly shows the positive effects of caffeine as opposed to the negative effects.


Jenky, R.  (1995, November). Caffeine and the athlete. Retrieved from https://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/caffeine.html

i). Some of the objectives from this article include how to prove how controversial the use of caffeine can be for an athlete and how caffeine can be negative if used in high quantities
ii). The results of this article are describing that it's up to the athlete to decide if they want to use caffeine or not and also helps describe the effects of caffeine.
iii). Some of the research methods used in this article are comparing different types of drugs that are similar to the effects of caffeine, as well as how the athlete must go about using caffeine
iv). This paper is relevant to my topic because it takes more of a middle ground on my question, describing all about caffeine


Scan RDs.  (2013, May). Effects of too much caffeine on athletes. Retrieved from https://scan-dpg.s3.amazonaws.com/media/files/229f6474-19e3-4363-b1bc-6140c714244c/Article_Effects%20of%20Too%20Much%20Caffeine%20on%20Athletic%20Performance_Final_Formatted.pdf

i). The objectives of this article is to prove how major the effects of caffeine can have on athletes.
ii). The results very clearly show how a high quantity of caffeine can negatively effect an athlete greatly
iii). The research methods used were interviewing various sources, as well as using different studies to show how different quantities have effects on the body
iv). This article is relevant to my topic because it shows again the negative effects of too much caffeine on athletes

Grgic, J.  (2018, March). Effects of caffeine on muscle strength and power. Retrieved from https://jissn.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12970-018-0216-0

i). From this article the objectives are to show in various different ways how caffeine effects muscle strength
ii). The results are very clear because they describe how caffeine can be used as an enhancement in the use of increasing muscle strength
iii). The research methods were very extensive and prominent, there was also a lot, some include, using test subjects and comparing the data. Using different methods on the same test subjects.
iv). This article is very relevant to my topic because it shows the positive effects of caffeine on the athlete as opposed to the negative effects that were described in the other articles.


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