Is abstention from drinking coffee healthier for the heart and likely to lower blood pressure?

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Coffee really doesn't contribute to hypertension or the development of heart disease according to the most recent studies, but it certainly will cause palpitations if consumed in excess.

That said, tea is probably still healthier because of the antioxidants that it contains.

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new evidence reported in The American Journal of Epidemiology in 1999 strongly indicates that consumption of coffee and caffeine does not contribute to CVD, finding neither caffeinated nor decaffeinated coffee associated with the risk of stroke—even for those drinking more than four cups of coffee a day.

Warren G. Thompson, M.D., noted in a 1994 literature review published in The American Journal of Medical Sciences, that: "The largest and better studies suggest that coffee is not a major risk factor for coronary disease."

It is known that caffene does increase blood pressure to some degree. Best to cut down or avoid it all together, just have a quality cup of the good stuff once a day and use that time to relax and just chill out to counteract the caffene BP spike.

Here's some more do's and dont's for folks with HBP:
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http://www.coolestebooks.com/products2.html
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/hbp/treat/treat.htm
http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/110288218598521%20HowCanIReduce%20HBP.pdf
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/

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