Note to patients with high blood pressure, these 3 kinds of drinks can not drink

  Summer is here, a variety of cold drinks have become a hot commodity on the market, but for hypertensive patients, carbonated beverages and certain juices can lead to increased blood pressure. In addition to this, some drinks are also hypertensive patients can not step on the “mine”, the following to line up these “mine” for everyone.  1, coffee clinical investigation found that the intake of caffeine, although not significantly affect the resting heart rate, but can significantly increase the blood pressure level of patients with coronary heart disease and hypertension, and the intake of coffee often at the same time intake of excessive sugar. Therefore, it is recommended that hypertensive patients avoid or moderate consumption of coffee, and reduce the addition of sugar, fructose, fresh milk, whipped cream and other high-sugar, high-fat condiments, so as not to lead to fluctuations in blood pressure.  2, alcohol Drinking alcohol is now an indispensable part of social activities, due to the different types and quality of alcohol, the impact on people’s bodies is increasingly prominent, the cardiovascular disease caused by alcohol consumption, has become a major cause of harm to human health.  With the increase in alcohol intake, systolic and diastolic blood pressure have a tendency to rise significantly, affecting the control of hypertension patients, while long-term excessive alcohol consumption, the human digestive system, the nervous system have obvious damage, easy to cause hypertriglyceridemia, alcoholic cardiomyopathy and so on.  3, licorice tea Licorice is a more common medicinal food source of Chinese medicine, taste slightly sweet, with the spleen, heat and detoxification and other effects, many people like to use it to make tea to drink. However, modern pharmacological research has found that long-term excessive consumption of licorice tea can lead to edema, elevated blood pressure, reduced blood potassium and weakness of the limbs, so patients with hypertension should pay extra attention.  All in all, for patients with high blood pressure, it is recommended to drink light white water and mineral water. Besides, freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices, milk and soy milk are also good choices and have no effect on the stability of blood pressure.  References [1] Li Ruiqi. Coffee-based buckwheat beverage [J]. Science Public (Middle School Student), 2013(11):40-41. [2] Xu Xiuju, Du Hang, Shen Lijun. Effects and mechanisms of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular health[C]. National Academic Exchange Meeting of Risk Evaluation Professional Committee of Chinese Society of Environmental Mutagens,2014. [3]Guan K. Dietary treatment of hypertension[J]. China Chinese Medicine News, 2010, 02(9):223-223. [4] Chang Hui. 10 principles of diet and nutrition for hypertension[J]. Chinese fruit and vegetables, 2016, 36(5):76-77.