{"id":202431,"date":"2025-06-21T11:42:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202431\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T11:42:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:42:28","slug":"this-is-what-drinking-coffee-every-day-does-to-your-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202431\/","title":{"rendered":"This is what drinking coffee every day does to your blood pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"

For many people, a morning cup of coffee or two is essential. It’s warm and comforting, and the caffeine provides that energy<\/a> boost that’s often very needed when we first wake up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, drinking coffee<\/a> every day doesn’t come without its risk. According to the experts at Verywell Health, your morning cuppa has a range of impacts on the body, most notably to do with blood pressure<\/a>. And this is true whether you usually suffer from high blood pressure or not.\u00a0<\/p>\n

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is fairly common. However, it can be serious if it’s left untreated. There are a few factors that can increase your blood pressure, such as diet, alcohol intake and tobacco.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And according to the experts, drinking coffee is one of these. Coffee is a stimulant, meaning it increases brain and nervous system activity. Within 30 minutes to two hours after drinking it, coffee can have an impact on your blood vessels and your heart,<\/p>\n

Then, once it’s in the bloodstream, coffee interacts with hormones, brain receptors, and neurotransmitters. It also narrows blood arteries and veins, raising blood pressure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not only does coffee raise your blood pressure, but it can also trigger your fight or flight response, raising your heart rate after you drink.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Is it safe to drink coffee with high blood pressure?\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to the experts, although it’s true that coffee does increase blood pressure in the short term, it shouldn’t cause chronic high blood pressure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And if you already suffer from hypertension, you can still enjoy coffee – but be careful with how much you’re drinking, as it’ll depend on how high your blood pressure usually is.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In one study<\/a>, one or two additional cups of coffee daily doubled the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack, or stroke in coffee drinkers with\u00a0stage 2 and 3 hypertension. However, the scientists did not see this effect in those with normal, elevated, or stage 1 hypertension.<\/p>\n

Health experts say that 400 mg or less of caffeine – which is about three or four 12-ounce (oz) cups of coffee – per day is safe for healthy adults. Too much caffeine can lead to pretty unpleasant symptoms such as lightheadedness, insomnia and jitters, so make sure you aren’t overloading.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For many people, a morning cup of coffee or two is essential. It’s warm and comforting, and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1629,578,81671,81672,105,2408,622,2750,81670,81669,22080,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-202431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-blood-pressure","9":"tag-coffee","10":"tag-coffee-and-blood-pressure","11":"tag-does-coffee-increase-blood-pressure","12":"tag-health","13":"tag-healthy-diet","14":"tag-healthy-eating","15":"tag-high-blood-pressure","16":"tag-high-blood-pressure-causes","17":"tag-high-blood-pressure-symptoms","18":"tag-hypertension","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114721177339221279","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}