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I love coffee! So much so that I enjoy a cup of Starbucks almost every day. Is this bad for my health? Some people say so.

This was highlighted the other day while having breakfast with a friend. She told me how “lucky” I am to be able to have my coffee every day. She said she couldn’t drink coffee anymore due to high blood pressure. Her doctor advised her that this could contribute to her high blood pressure.

I found it interesting that the doctor would have told her to give up coffee rather than three other behaviors which to me, seemed to be of higher concern than drinking coffee: Over-eating, smoking cigarettes and alcohol consumption.

I had to assume the doctor stressed to my friend that smoking, alcohol and being overweight are all high contributors to her increased blood pressure, as there is considerable evidence that these things do contribute to high blood pressure. But coffee?

As of this post, there have been no studies to support evidence that there is a link between drinking coffee and hypertention.

Studies I’ve seen published have shown an a temporary increase in blood pressure after drinking coffee but the increase is not significant.

These same studies also admit that when drinking coffee on a regular basis, this temporary increase in blood pressure disappates.

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.

The arguement that drinking coffee causes high blood pressure, based upon the above partnering of behaviors, is just plain false.

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.

What I can say is that if you know that coffee is your trigger to indulging in other, proven contributors to high blood pressure and you truly can’t do one without the other, then yes, perhaps you should consider switching to a beverage that you don’t associate with these bad behaviors.

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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