A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition describes the link between drinking coffee and the diagnosis of high blood pressure. In this study from Finland , 24,000 without hypertension were assessed over a 13-year period. During this time 2500 of them started antihypertensive treatment. The likelihood of being prescribed a blood pressure-lowering drug was increased in low-to-moderate coffee drinkers (two to seven 100 mL cups a day), but there was no increased likelihood in those drinking about one cup a day, or those drinking more than 8 cups a day.
The results indicate that more than one "cup of joe" a day may be a factor in the development of hypertension.
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