Coffee and Alcohol Causes of Hypertension – hypertension caused by cofee and alcohol – In addition to cigarettes that can cause high blood pressure, coffee and alcohol are also causes of hypertension. Coffee and alcohol alone actually has good properties for good health. However, excessive consumption can increase the risk of hypertension.
Caffeinated coffee efficacious contraction (vasoconstriction) of blood vessels in the acute (immediate) which can increase blood pressure and rhythm disturbance. Drinking more than 5 cups of coffee a day can increase the risk of myocardial infarction up to 70%, mainly women with angina pectoris or hypertension disease. In the long term, too much coffee consumption may result in increased LDL cholesterol.
Limiting alcohol consumption to 2-3 (beer, wine) a day, has many virtues vasodilatation, increased HDL cholesterol and reducing blood clotting tendencies. But if the opposite of excessive alcohol consumption to 40g a day for long periods can increase the tension diastolis to 0.5 mm per 10g of alcohol. Therefore, coffee and alhohol really use must be limited so that we can take the positive effects than negative effects exist.
