Caffeine or Sugar... which is worse for your blood pressure?

[Anonymous]

Caffeine!

Sugar!

Equal!

[shesrad]

both are bad, caffeine because it can increase your heart rate especially if you are sensitive to it, it is a stimulant, sugar raises levels of uric acid in the blood, which interferes with the production of nitric oxide which helps blood vessels flexibility, so when thats lowered it causes high blood pressure

[Whatthefluff]

I'm no doctor but I'd go with added sugar. Sugar is more addictive, and it's harder to avoid.

[monkeynutts]

Probably sugar in the long term. And coffee is generally delivered in a safe dose, sugar should be regulated very hard, because it's such a serious problem that's slowly poisoning humanity.

[jshm2]

Neither, in moderation.

Even water concentration in blood can affect blood pressure

https://www.healthline.com/health/dehydration-and-blood-pressure

[OneManOnly01]

Sugar is poison. Caffeine increases blood pressure only temporarily and even then if you are a regular consumer of caffeine then you become desensitised to even the temporary spike in blood pressure and that stops too.

[OneManOnly01]

However, I’m not telling you to fill yourself with coffee, just that caffeine’s effect on blood pressure is not as significant and in normal cases, caffeine even has many benefits.

[bingbongbangbung]

Sugar is as essential as salt fool

[OneManOnly01]

@bingbongbangbung By sugar I meant refined sugar. I can’t believe you don’t have enough to common sense to understand that.

[OneManOnly01]

*enough common sense to understand that

[Bethany22]

Caffeine is at least nutritious in other areas. Sugar is just sugar

[Anonymous]

caffeine acts differently to sugars, caffeine basically stops your brakes being applied (it puts off tiredness/fatigue as opposed to giving a boost) and sugar does essentially the opposite

[exitseven]

Caffeine is a stimulant so I go with that.

[legalboxers]

both.. caffeine elevates bp

[DizzyDesii]

Probably salt

[Blackcupcake]

caffeine

[es20490446e]

I take none.

[N31DI1A3E3L]

Both

[Anonymous]

Caffeine is worse.