Alcohol and its Effect High Blood Pressure

September 9th, 2010 by craigkant

Our blood pressure is affected by many different things during the course of the day. It’s affected by our general health, the foods that we eat, our stress levels at work, etc. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that it can be affected by alcohol also.

Even though high blood pressure has been in the news a lot lately, there is still a need for educating the public about the effects and causes of high blood pressure. In some people drinking just a bit of alcohol will raise their blood pressure significantly. In other cases, heavy drinking will only raise the blood pressure slightly.

This is because everyone has different tolerance levels for alcohol. There is no doubt that alcohol can negatively impact your blood pressure situation leading to elevated levels especially when consumed in excess. Alcohol and high blood pressure is less of a problem when alcohol consumption is within tolerable levels; however, going over the limits will certainly aggravate the condition and also cause hypertension.


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