Originally Posted by
Louis
Ten days ago I visited my doctor for a check-up. Everything was fine except my BP was 160/90.
Doctor said, based on my recent history of good BP, this was not a "good reading" and that I seemed stressed. He asked me to relax and come back in a week for another reading.
I still cannot imagine what I was stressed over, but for the last week (on the advice of my wife) I completely eliminated caffeine from my diet - I had been drinking lots of diet soda and coffee.
Today's reading 110/60. I know caffeine can raise BP, but by THAT much?
Your thoughts?
check whats in the diet soda, if aspartame (Splenda and many of the other sweeteners are just as deadly in their own way); high blood pressure has be linked to it in many cases. Personally, I noted a consistent drop in BP when I got off the diet soda kick quite some years back (along with other health 'improvements').
coffee and diet soda are completely different substances, even though both might have caffeine...
just sayin...