Does Coffee Raise Blood Pressure? Should You Drink Coffee If You Have High BP
Does Coffee Raise Blood Pressure? Should You Drink Coffee If You Have High BP
Does coffee raise blood pressure? https://thedrjoe.com/does-coffee-rais… Should you drink coffee if you have high blood pressure? Will coffee raise my blood pressure?
I answer all of these questions in this video. You’ll get to know the effect coffee and caffeine on blood pressure in someone without high blood pressure.
You’ll also get to know the effect of coffee on someone with high blood pressure. Should you drink coffee at all if you have hypertension. Is coffee good for high blood pressure?
Watch the video and get all of these answers. Plus I give some suggestions on what you should do if you desire caffeine or coffee and you have high blood pressure.
I explore the science behind the relationship between coffee and high blood pressure. Some of the studies are below:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3…
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1…
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2…
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2…
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2…
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0.03 -> Hello, I'm feeling good today because I want to talk about coffee and blood pressure. What's relationship between coffee and blood pressure? Does coffee
7.799 -> actually, raise your blood pressure when you drink it? If you've got high blood pressure, should you be drinking coffee?
13.54 -> That's what's coming up next. I'll see you in a couple of seconds
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46.75 -> so like I said
47.73 -> I'm feeling good today because I want to talk about coffee and blood pressure. The relationship between coffee and blood pressure
52.59 -> Whether it raises blood pressure or not?
55.27 -> Now for the purpose of this presentation, I'm going to split it into
58.809 -> 3. The first thing I want to talk about is the science and then I'm going to talk about the relationship between coffee
64.809 -> and blood pressure for the general population and then I'm going to talk specifically about coffee and blood pressure for people
72.28 -> who've got high blood pressure and then I'm gonna round up with one or two suggestions, especially for people who've got high blood pressure
79.06 -> So let's get cracking
80.88 -> I have to say that the relationship between coffee use and blood pressure is not very straightforward
87.119 -> And this is actually as exemplified in this recent study
91.81 -> That's telling us that the most recent findings aimed at clarifying the role of caffeine consumption and high blood pressure are
99.549 -> conflicting and difficult to interpret and that's because you have studies like this one that tells us that
104.799 -> Regular caffeine intake actually does increase blood pressure. However, when ingested through coffee
111.28 -> The blood pressure effect is small.
114.64 -> it's small
115.81 -> This is also
117.61 -> shown by this other review
119.829 -> That looked at quite a number of studies pulled them together and their conclusion was that in
126.04 -> Hypertensive individuals, caffeine intake produces an acute increase in blood pressure for about three hours or thereabout
134.26 -> however, current evidence does not support an association between the longer term coffee consumption and
141.01 -> Increased blood pressure or between habitual coffee consumption and increase in cardiovascular disease
149.35 -> So you've got that and you also have this one here that talks about
153.85 -> the fact that actually the association between coffee consumption and cardiovascular disease is inverse in which case
160.15 -> You know people who use coffee actually do reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease
165.43 -> so you've got all of these conflicting messages here and
169.12 -> it's a little bit difficult to just draw straightforward conclusions in all of these and
173.5 -> then I'll tell you next what I actually think of all of these and because I'm going to tell you what my position is and
178.77 -> What I will advise you to do if you are, you know somebody who is a subscriber to this channel
183.63 -> So here a few facts for the general population
187.27 -> Coffee is a vasoconstrictor
189.58 -> What is the vasoconstrictor? A vasoconstrictor is an agent that has the ability to stiffen the walls of the blood vessels
196.54 -> So what this means is that the blood vessel walls are not relaxed, the pressure within the vessel is gonna rise
204.19 -> So, essentially because coffee is a vasoconstrictor. Coffee will raise your blood pressure. That is the fact
211.6 -> If it raises our blood pressure, by how much? Well, it's a modest rise
216.94 -> So say for instance your systolic blood pressure, which is the top value is about 145
223.12 -> You should expect that if you drink coffee your blood pressure may rise up to about 153
228.37 -> The systolic, that is. 153 to about 155. Right? So, you know, it's a modest rise
235.03 -> So if this rise does happen, how long does it last? Well,
238.98 -> you'll be glad to know that the rise is temporary and the effect will last for an average of about 3 hours. So
245.83 -> That's good
247.57 -> What does that also mean? Well, the implication of that is that, if we consume coffee on a regular basis
254.05 -> It doesn't have any potential to cause us any long-term damage to our cardiovascular health because the effect is temporary
262.36 -> So that's good news all round for the general population
265.56 -> So let me say a word or two about coffee and those of us who've got high blood pressure
269.28 -> We've already established that coffee does have a pressor effect on our blood vessels, which means we expect a rise in our blood pressure
275.56 -> Now for those of us who've got high blood pressure that pressor effect is stronger. So
280.449 -> For those of us with high blood pressure,
281.85 -> we should expect a higher rise in our blood pressure compared to somebody who hasn't got high blood pressure. And here's the other thing. That
291.01 -> rise in blood pressure is not responsive to blood pressure medications
294.49 -> So if you take your blood pressure medication in the hope that you want to bring your blood pressure down
299.59 -> after consuming coffee when you have a rise, you
302.5 -> Probably will be disappointed with the response you're going to get. Here is another implication for you
307.889 -> If you got high blood pressure, and you're a habitual coffee drinker
312.039 -> We've already established that the pressor effect of the coffee or caffeine will last for about three hours. Now if you imagine that
320.56 -> After consuming your coffee and in three hours
323.25 -> Then when the effects the Pressor effect is beginning to wear off, if you top up with another cup of coffee
328.38 -> Then the blood pressure goes up again
330.25 -> And then same thing happens again when you have in another coffee crash and you need to top up again
334.56 -> Your blood pressure goes up again. So in effect
337.78 -> you might have a sustainable high blood pressure throughout the day if you drink in several cups of coffee a day
343.599 -> So that's just something to bear the back of your mind if you drink coffee, and you've got high blood pressure
348.55 -> Now there's another
350.77 -> Huge thing that you need to be aware of. There are genetic differences between the way we handle our coffee. Each of us.
357.91 -> We have you know slow metabolizers and then we've got fast metabolizers and that's shown by this study here
366.16 -> Now some people who are fast
369.46 -> Metabolizers they would deal with their coffee load very quickly and but in the same vein those of us who have slow metabolizers
376.68 -> We're gonna take a longer time for us to actually offload our coffee from our system. Which means
382.36 -> if you've got high blood pressure
384.01 -> There's a good chance that your blood pressure may be sustainably high over a longer period if you're a slow metabolizer
390.12 -> so this is something that you have to also bear at the back your mind if you got high blood pressure and you
395.319 -> drink coffee. For me, I'm in slow metabolizer. And I know that effect does last a good number of hours
401.319 -> So after all these do I have any suggestions for you? Of course, I do
404.71 -> For the general public if you don't have any high blood pressure, you're fine
407.729 -> You should not be worried about the effects of coffee on your blood pressure at all
411.19 -> The effect is temporary and it doesn't have any long-term damage on your cardiovascular health. So that's fine
416.129 -> But if you've got high blood pressure
417.539 -> Then you need to be extra careful and I want you to do two tests
420.87 -> One is the first test is I want you to test to see how high your blood pressure actually goes up by when you drink
425.55 -> coffee
426.4 -> The second test is I want you to test for whether you a slow metabolizer or a fast metabolizer
432.099 -> So, how do you do this? I want you to test your blood pressure
435.039 -> 30 minutes after you've had a cup of coffee, 1 hour after you had your cup of coffee, 2 hours as well as 3 hours
440.68 -> Now if your blood pressure is still high after 2, 3 or 4 hours time
444.61 -> Then you are a slow metabolizer in which case you need to be very careful
449.409 -> And here's my other suggestion. I want you to switch to the
454.389 -> Decaffeinated variety. It is safer. And you still enjoy your coffee because the aroma is still the same. The taste is the same
461.529 -> There's no difference at all between them apart from the caffeine content
465.639 -> So decaf is one suggestion. My second suggestion is that if you must drink the
471.819 -> Caffeinated regular coffee, then please limit yourself to just one cup of coffee a day
477.279 -> It works you can then have the decaffeinated variety for the rest of the day and then you should be fine
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487.629 -> And also what I want you to tell me what your tolerance level is
492.719 -> Are you a slow metabolizer, a fast metabolizer? Are you very sensitive to coffee?
497.94 -> Are you very tolerant to coffee? Leave your comments in the comment section. I'm a very sensitive person. I'm very sensitive to caffeine
503.8 -> So I want to know all about your coffee sensitivity right there in the comment section, please
510.279 -> If you haven't subscribed yet, please do subscribe
513.459 -> Now if you want to learn more about all of these I've written a longer article on my blog the link is gonna be in
519.99 -> The video description right there and you you want to read my body go to my blog read all about it there
525.749 -> I think that's about it until next time where this is. Dr. Joe signing out. Enjoy your coffee. Be safe. This is Dr
532.019 -> Joe signing out a second time
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