High Blood pressure?
#31
04-13-2008, 08:15 AM
Originally Posted by blackwolf07
Dude-you are frigging high, man :roll: . You need to stay away from any caffeinated products, because caffeine IS a diuretic, and causes your blood to become thicker, ergo, raising the effort of your heart to circulate the blood. Water is the best thing to drink, as it is readily absorbed into the blood stream, and helps reduce the BP. A year ago I was found to have a BP of 190/140-diet, no soda, tea or coffee, and 128 ounces of
water a day brought me down to 110/50 a year later.
Caffeine: Not Necessarily a Diuretic
One long-held belief about coffee may be on the way to being disproved. Nutritionists and sports physiologists often counsel active people to avoid caffeine because it could act as a diuretic and therefore have negative effects on performance and health. A study reported in the June 2005 issue of the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism looked at the effects of daily caffeine intake in 59 healthy men. For the first 6 days of the study, all participants consumed 3 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body weight. On days 7 to 11, they were randomly assigned to get no caffeine, or 3 or 6 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body weight. Regardless of the caffeine dose, all participants' measures of hydration and fluid-electrolyte balance were within normal limits. These findings question the long-held belief that, when consumed regularly, caffeine acts as a diuretic. kc0iv
#32
04-13-2008, 08:23 AM
ROFLMAO-ooooooooooooooohhh-they did a study of 59 men, for 11 days, and they only consumed small amounts of caffeine.
Yeah-I'm going to believe that study over my endocrinologist and nutritionist-caffeine is a stimulant/diuretic-and if you want to believe that crap study, why don't you drink a pot of coffee, sit at the doctor's office for an hour while waiting to have your bp checked, and get back to me. :roll: :twisted:
#33
04-13-2008, 12:16 PM
Originally Posted by blackwolf07
ROFLMAO-ooooooooooooooohhh-they did a study of 59 men, for 11 days, and they only consumed small amounts of caffeine.
Yeah-I'm going to believe that study over my endocrinologist and nutritionist-caffeine is a stimulant/diuretic-and if you want to believe that crap study, why don't you drink a pot of coffee, sit at the doctor's office for an hour while waiting to have your bp checked, and get back to me. :roll: :twisted:
#34
04-13-2008, 04:25 PM
You're still talking sports nutritionists vs a doctor who specializes in the endocrine system and the effects of foods and drinks on those glands-believe what you will from that "report" or "study"-I have had to work with my doctors for 5 years now and I know what caffeine will do to a human body, both in terms of BP and viscosity of the blood.
#35
04-14-2008, 02:07 PM
I've had high BP for years and mine is always higher when I drink coffee... but I'm just a dumb truck driver, what do I know.
#36
04-14-2008, 08:35 PM
The 2 most common perscriptions for high blood pressure are a dieretic and a beta blocker.
A dieretic gets rid of as much water in your body as possible. When you drink water much of it is mixed in with your blood and creates more pressure in your blood stream so getting rid of the water lowers your BP. They don't want you to eat salt because it causes you to once again, retain water in the blood stream. The second pill which can be combined with the first one is a beta blocker. It works on the brain and slows down you heart rate. Turn down the RPM's of the heart and the pressure goes down, simple. I mentioned in another post on how to lower your BP for your physical. A simple $50 BP machine from Walmart and a little experimentation can prove what works and what doesn't. Learning how to calm yourself down at the exact moment of a BP reading can lower your BP a HUGE amount. |
