I am just learning that I may have borderline high blood pressure and I am a big coffee drinker. What are the effects of coffee on your blood pressure?
Caffeine is a stimulant. Caffeine speeds up the heart rate and increases blood pressure soon after consumption. It seems that the effects of caffeine on blood pressure are related to the baseline blood pressure. For example, those with high blood pressure would likely experience a greater increase than those with normal blood pressure from...
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