Caffeine And Hypertension – New Data Says Coffee Could Help

Caffeine Content of Foods

Here’s a quick chart to help you calculate caffeine intake of what you are consuming each day:

Food or Beverage Serving Size Caffeine (mg)
Dunkin Donuts Coffeee
With Turbo Shot 20 oz. (large) 436 mg
Starbucks Coffee, vente 20 oz. 415
Panera Coffee, regular 16.8 oz. 260
Maxwell House 100%
Colombian, Dark Roast 2 tablespoons 100
Starbucks Caffe Mocha grande 16 oz. 175
McDonald’s Coffee 16 oz. 133
Seattle’s Best Coffee Iced Latte 9.5 oz. 90
Snapple Lemon Tea 16 oz. 62
Arizona Iced Tea, black 16 oz. 30
Herbal Tea 8 oz. 0
Pepsi MAX 12 oz. 69
Pepsi 12 oz. 38
Barq’s Root Beer, regular 12 oz. 23
Sprite 12 oz. 0
Barq’s Diet Root Beer 12 oz. 0
Mountain Dew, regular / diet 12 oz. 54
Diet Coke 12 oz. 47
5-hour Energy Drink 1.9 oz. 208
Full Throttle Energy Drink 16 oz. 200
Jolt Energy Drink Beverage 23.5 oz. 280
Red Bull 8.4 oz. 80
Playboy Energy Drink 8.4 oz. 70
Ocean Spray Cran-Energy 20 oz. 55
Wired Waffles 1 waffle 200
Perky Jerky 1 oz. 150
Cracker Jack’D 2 oz. 70
Jelly Belly Extreme Sport Beans 1 oz. 50
Blue Diamond Almonds, Roasted
Coffee Flavored 1 oz. 25
Starbucks Coffee Ice Cream 4 oz. 45
Breyers Coffee Ice Cream 4 oz. 1
TCBY Coffee Frozen Yogurt 13.4 oz. 42

Caffeine Table Source: http://www.cspinet.org/new/cafchart.htm

Did you know that the FDA limits how much caffeine can go into soft drinks? The limit is 71 mg in a 12 oz. beverage size portion.

The men’s heart rates were unaffected by caffeine, indicating that caffeine doesn’t make the heart race or specifically cause arrhythmias.

Interestingly, the researchers found that the men’s blood pressure did not return to lower levels after working out.

It’s nice to know about some of the research on caffeine and hypertension, but the bottom line is what does your caffeine intake do to you? Do you know the limits of what you can do and how much you can consume before it starts affecting you negatively? Knowing your relationship between caffeine and hypertension is really what counts.

References

O’Keefe, J.H., Bhatti, S.K., Patil, H.R., DiNiccolantonio, J.J., Lucan, S.C., and Lavie, C.J. Effects of habitual coffee consumption on cardiometabolic disease, cardiovascular health, and all-cause mortality, J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 Sep 17;62(12):1043-51.

Astorino, T.A., Martin, B.J., Schachtsiek, L. and Wong, K. Caffeine ingestion and intense resistance training minimizes postexercise hypotension in normotensive and prehypertensive men. Res Sports Med 2013;21(1):52-65.

Author

This article was written for Insights-on-Health.com in Nov 2013 by Dr Donna Schwontkowski. Reversing health disorders is easier when principles of natural healing are used. Dr Donna is a retired chiropractor with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nutrition and a master’s in herbology. She has over 25 years experience working with thousands of patients to reverse their health conditions. Read more about her here.

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