Caffeine and hypertension: a bad brew?People from Seattle A person who lives in or comes from Seattle, Washington, USA is called a Seattleite. This is a list of well-known people who were born or lived in the city of Seattle. Born in Seattle Living
n sustained repetitive physical activity, such as walking, dancing, cycling, and swimming, that elevates the heart rate and increases oxygen consumption resulting in improved functioning of cardio-vascular and respiratory systems. . For most, the resulting temporary rise in blood pressure poses little health risk. But for people with even mild hypertension, it seems safer to nix the mix of caffeine and vigorous exercise vigorous exercise A form of exercise that is intense enough to cause sweating and/or heavy breathing/ and/or ↑ heart rate to near maximum; VE is formally defined as that which requires > 6 METs; there is a graded inverse relationship between total physical , a new study suggests. Bong Hee Sung, a hypertension researcher at the State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. at Buffalo, measured the cardiovascular effects of caffeine and exercise on men with normal and elevated blood pressure. The results of her study suggest that caffeine and exercise in combination may exert a more deleterious effect on hypertensives than on people with normal blood pressure. Sung measured the heart rate and blood pressure of men who exercised after ingesting either a placebo or the caffeine equivalent of three cups of coffee. She found that hypertensives experienced much greater increases in heart rate on caffeine than on placebo, whereas the heart rates of men with normal blood pressure went up the same amount regardless of which substance they downed. Systolic blood pressure Systolic blood pressure Blood pressure when the heart contracts (beats). Mentioned in: Hypertension , which reflects the force exerted by the contracting heart, rose in both groups when they exercised after taking caffeine. However, only the hypertensives showed a rise in diastolic pressure -- the pressure on the blood vessels when the heart muscles are relaxed -- when exercising under the influence of caffeine. The increases in systolic Systolic The phase of blood circulation in which the heart's pumping chambers (ventricles) are actively pumping blood. The ventricles are squeezing (contracting) forcefully, and the pressure against the walls of the arteries is at its highest. and diastolic blood pressures attributable to caffeine averaged about 10 percent. Sung argues that such incremental boosts increase the damage done to the cardiovascular systems of people who already have higher-than-normal blood pressure. "Until further studies show that antihypertension medications protect [patients] from the effects of caffeine, I think we have to warn [them] to abstain from caffeine if they can," Sung advises. Sung's work, which focuses on the cardiovascular consequences of caffeine and exercise on hypertensive hypertensive /hy·per·ten·sive/ (-ten´siv) 1. characterized by increased tension or pressure. 2. an agent that causes hypertension. 3. a person with hypertension. men, is part of a larger, federally funded study assessing the effects of caffeine and stress. Sung now plans to investigate whether antihypertension medications cancel out caffeine's influence on blood pressure. |
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