December 26th, 2008 
Christian Goodman If I have one vice in my otherwise healthy lifestyle, it’s my large cup of great coffee, everyday. Not one for wanting to own “vices,” I am curious as to why coffee, in moderation, is considered to be one.
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.
Quite likely, my friend’s doctor stressed to her that her weight and smoking habits were contributing to her high blood pressure. Why then did he mention coffee?
To date, there is no definitive evidence that coffee leads to the development of high blood pressure.
Studies I’ve seen published have shown an a temporary increase in blood pressure after drinking coffee but the increase is not significant.
These studies also show that this increase in blood pressure goes away over time.
Researchers are starting to notice that the reason coffee is so often associated with the actual contributors to hypertension (cigarettes, and obesity) is because many people tend to combine drinking coffee with these bad behaviors.
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.
Based on evidence, I do not believe that drinking a cup of coffee, even every day will cause high blood pressure. If I believed that, I wouldn’t drink it myself.
Regardless of why you have high blood pressure, I think you will benefit from my High Bood Pressure Program. I’ve seen and documented incredible results from this simple, natural cure.
If you suffer from being overweight as well, I would suggest my Weight Loss Breeze Program.
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