Response to a random blog post that I had found which is linked above:
The author of the above blog post, Rhianna, has
many points that I strongly agree with. For a long time now, I have felt as
Rhianna does. I have always thought how horrible it was for people to be
consuming so much caffeine and sugar. To start, when she mentions the young
kids drinking soda, I could not agree more with her. Ever since I was a young
girl, my mother has always taught me that soda is a "treat" something
I have at birthday parties or on special occasions. To this day, there are very
few sodas that I can even tolerate when there is no other option besides soda
to drink. Not only do I dislike the taste, but also I understand how bad it
really is. It's almost like knowing how bad it is grosses me out. What I don't
understand is how parents willingly allow their children to walk out of the
house with a bottle of soda at 8:30 in the morning, like the author mentioned.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So not only are those kids
drinking something that is bad for them, but also they are drinking it at 8:30
in the morning starting their day off terribly. How do these parents let this
happen time and time again? It just blows my mind. When the author continues
her post and starts to talk about caffeine in soda, I once again think to
myself how I couldn't agree more. As a kid, just like the soda, I was never
really allowed to drink coffee. I was always told how if I ever wanted it, I
would be buying it myself. Of course my mother told me that because by the time
I had my own money, it was somewhat okay for me to be drinking coffee at that
point. On a regular basis, I drink coffee very rarely. I actually find that
when I drink coffee, I can feel a significant difference in the way I feel.
That scares me because if I am basically fully-grown now and feeling so crappy
from drinking coffee, I can't imagine the affects it is having on these younger
kids. I 100% agree with the author when she discusses having an age limit on
caffeine. She says, "I believe caffeine should
be an 18+ substance, just like alcohol and cigarettes. I think every young
person who goes in to buy a coffee, Coke or energy drink should have to show
ID. I think you should have to be an adult before deciding to poison your body.
Isn’t that why alcohol is 18+? Because the affects of alcohol have a physical
effect on the human body, can be addictive and as a toxic substance it has been
deemed that children should not consume it. These rules are in place to protect
a child’s health are they not? So what is the difference with caffeine?
Caffeine has a physical effect on the human body, it is addictive, and it is a
toxic substance that is not good for a child’s health". I really agreed
with the author when she said that because alcohol and caffeine are
very contradicting. They both have negative affects on kids of young age, so
why is one legal and the other not? From all the research that has
already been conducted and is continuing to be conducted, why hasn’t anyone
acted upon this by now? Why hasn’t anyone stopped these kids from doing what
they are doing? I, personally, feel it is a parents responsibility, but the
truth of the matter is that parents can only do so much and a big majority of these
kids are probably not getting their soda and coffee from home. I strongly feel
that some kind of law should definitely be put into place for caffeine, just
like there is for alcohol and cigarettes, two other things that harm young
adults just as caffeine does.
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