Whose blood pressure is at risk - Coffee or Cola drinkers?

While I am trying to drink more green tea, I am a lifelong coffee fan. I don't mean the coffee you can buy in a can either...but that's another story.

Cola, soda or just plan coke/pepsi...soft drinks just are not good for you any way you look at it. And to express my rant...it's plain irresponsible on the part of parents who put this stuff in bottles! What are they thinking! (end rant).

Back to this study. So though the news is "better" for coffee drinkers, we still have to reduce our comsumption of java....

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Java Won't Get Blood Pressure Jumping
By Amanda Gardner
HealthDay Reporter

TUESDAY, Nov. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Women who love drinking coffee can keep on loving it, researchers say.

Too bad the same isn't true for those who can't get enough of caffeinated colas, however.

A new study has found that regular coffee drinking has no links to temporary hypertension or persistent high blood pressure.

In fact, women who consume the most coffee may even get a protective cardiovascular effect from their cup of java.

In contrast, drinking caffeinated sugared or diet colas raise blood pressure, the researchers found.

"This is good news for women who enjoy drinking coffee," said study author Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer, a researcher in the divisions of pharmacoepidemiology and pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "Quite contrary to popular belief, it appears to not increase the risk of high blood pressure."

The findings appear in the Nov. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

You'll find the rest of the article here...

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Drink water,

Barbara C. Phillips, NP
OlderWiserWomen™