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You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.

Hey everybody, this is Leanna Maria Percidriis, inframarial Segera.

Do you remember when your relationship with caffeine began?

Reporter Andy Taggle knows exactly when hers started.

So I worked at graveyard shift my sophomore year in college, and it was my duty from 9 o'clock at night

to 6 o'clock in the morning to sit at a desk at the front of the dorms and check the

IDs of everyone who entered the building. So I was essentially a hall monitor, not a whole lot to it, great

gig to get your homework done. The hardest part of the job, Lily, was just staying awake. Lucky for me, my cute little

hall monitor desk sat right next to a vending machine stocked high with energy drinks.

And that's how my relationship with Monster Zero Ultra,

that's the white and silver can for fellow enthusiasts,

began.

From that summer on, before every test, every deadline, every big interview, Andy says she felt like she needed energy drinks to perform.

It was so much a part of her routine. It kind of became a personality trait.

Even if Andy's drink of choice, Monster Zero Ultra, isn't your go to.

If you drink anything with caffeine, you can probably relate.

On this episode of Life Kit, Andy bust some myths about caffeine

and why it affects folks differently,

so you can have a healthy relationship with your morning coffee.

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