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According to the article Are the Current Guidelines on Caffeine Use in Sport Optimal for Everyone? Inter-individual Variation in Caffeine Ergogenic, and a Move Towards Personalized Sports Nutrition, research concerning caffeine consumption showed that 3-9 mg/kg of caffeine should be ingested relatively 60 minutes before exercise.

Effectiveness of Caffeine section:
As stated previously, there are many potential side effects that may occur due to caffeine consumption. The majority of previous research concerning caffeine consumption in athletes has been focused on high doses of caffeine; however, there have been more studies in the last ten years that examine the effects of low doses of caffeine ingestion in athletes. For instance, a study examining low doses of caffeine (<3 mg/kg) found that there was still physical and cognitive benefits to lower doses; however, it also showed that there were less side-effects associated with the caffeine consumption comparatively to the usual recommendation of 3-9 mg/kg (Spriet, 2014). Therefore, caffeine consumption should be more personalized to each individual athlete.

Endurance Athlete Section:
Since the subject population discussed here is athletes, it is only fair to consider collegiate athletes. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which is the largest collegiate sanctioning organization, has caffeine listed as a stimulant drug on their NCAA Banned Substances list. Because of this, student-athletes cannot consume more than 15 mg/ml of caffeine otherwise they will test positive on a drug test; this amount is equivalent to 8 cups of coffee. Therefore, ingesting lower doses of caffeine would be most beneficial/safe for collegiate athletes to not only avoid testing positive on a drug test, but to gain physical and cognitive benefits without extreme side-effects.

Personally I did not agree with the last sentence under the header “Endurance athletes” targeting the sentence: “The benefits, discussed earlier, both cognitive and physically are critical to these athlete's peak performance.” So, I don’t know how specific into editing but I would edit this because it is indeed not  critical  for an athlete to ingest caffeine to perform at a peak level.

References:

 * Pickering C, Kiely J. Are the Current Guidelines on Caffeine Use in Sport Optimal for Everyone? Inter-individual Variation in Caffeine Ergogenicity, and a Move Towards Personalised Sports Nutrition. Sports Med. 2018 Jan;48(1):7-16. doi: 10.1007/s40279-017

Https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28853006/
 * Spriet LL. Exercise and sport performance with low doses of caffeine. Sports Med. 2014 Nov;44 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):S175-84. doi: 10.1007/s40279-014-0257-8. PMID: 25355191; PMCID: PMC4213371.

Https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4213371/
 * Pickering C, Kiely J. What Should We Do About Habitual Caffeine Use in Athletes? Sports Med. 2019 Jun;49(6):833-842. doi: 10.1007/s40279-018-0980-7. PMID: 30173351; PMCID: PMC6548063.