It’s no surprise to my friends and family that I pride myself on living a healthy lifestyle. This is why, I suppose only half-joking, that they refer to my daily Grande coffee from Starbucks as my “vice.”
A friend recently told me to “watch out,” while at Starbucks the other day as I drank my coffee because her doctor told her that coffee can contribute to high blood pressure, or hypertention.
Watch out? My friend was telling me this quite literally, as she was exhaling cigarette smoke. Did her doctor mention that this behavior is far more than a contributor to high blood pressure.
I had to assume the doctor stressed to my friend that smoking, alcohol and being overweight are all high contributors to her increased blood pressure, as there is considerable evidence that these things do contribute to high blood pressure. But coffee?
To date, there is no definitive evidence that coffee leads to the development of high blood pressure.
Some studies have shown that drinking coffee does raise one’s blood pressure slightly, but only temporarily. In fact, these same studies have shown that over time, this slight increase in blood pressure is reduced.
These same studies also admit that when drinking coffee on a regular basis, this temporary increase in blood pressure disappates.
So why even mention coffee and hypertension? What studies have shown is that coffee can often times partner certain unhealthy behaviors – smoking and over eating.
Does this mean that coffee causes hypertention? No – it is not coffee’s fault that some people cannot drink a cup of coffee without partnering it with cigarettes and/or over eating.
So why do we read so many stories of people who gave up drinking coffee and suddenly, there was a marked decrease in blood pressure. These stories tend to focus on what coffee was doing to their high blood pressure, not the real culprits like cigarettes and obesity.
What I can say is that if you know that coffee is your trigger to indulging in other, proven contributors to high blood pressure and you truly can’t do one without the other, then yes, perhaps you should consider switching to a beverage that you don’t associate with these bad behaviors.
Regardless of the reason for high blood pressure, my High Blood Pressure Program does provide amazing results. The exercises in the program are easy but effective. So effective, in fact, that people who have suffered from high blood pressure for years have lowered their blood pressure with this completely natural remedy.
Additionally, I suggest my Weight Loss Breeze Program if you suffer from this condition as well.
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