Caffeine Cause High Blood Pressure
Interesting facts about caffeine
1) It’s the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world – an estimated 90% of adults in Western countries consume it daily.
2) Small doses of caffeine help reduce pain and speed up the effects of other pain relievers like aspirin by up to 40%.
3) Many teas are from the same plant, they’re just processed differently.
4) The “buzz” after the first few sips of coffee or tea is largely psychological.
Though some caffeine is absorbed directly into the blood through the mouth, most of it takes over 45 minutes to metabolize in the stomach and small intestine.
5) The world’s number one producer of coffee? Is it Columbia? Wrong, try Vietnam.
6) In a typical adult, most of the effects of caffeine pass within 5 to 8 hours. In women taking contraceptives, effects can last 5 to 10 hours, and in pregnant women as much as 11 hours.
So, getting back to the question, Is it true that caffeine causes high blood pressure?
There’s little doubt that, in the short run, caffeine causes blood pressure spikes in people that don’t drink it regularly.
The effects of caffeine are different depending on if it is from coffee (an increase of 1.22 systolic and 0.49 diastolic) versus other caffeinated drinks (2.04 systolic and 0.73 diastolic).
Regular caffeine intake increases blood pressure. When ingested through coffee, however, the blood pressure effect of caffeine is minimal.
These numbers may seem small, but when you’re talking about blood pressure, even very small numbers can make a big difference.
Like so much about blood pressure, how caffeine affects you personally is very individual.
The only way to know for sure? Take your blood pressure before drinking caffeine and then again 30 and 60 minutes later.
If you’re one of the people who can safely drink caffeine without getting a blood pressure spike, it doesn’t mean you have a free ticket to drink all you want.
It’s generally recommended to drink no more than 350 milligrams a day. Depending on your preferred strength, this is roughly 2 to 4 cups of coffee or 3 to 9 cups of tea.
Does caffeine increase blood pressure?
The answer is: maybe, everyone is different.
