Coffee

Coffee: Overview

Coffee can help with the following:

Circulation

Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure)

If tolerated, you may try drinking coffee in the morning.  The amount of caffeine normally found in two cups of coffee (200mg) can decrease postural hypotension in young adults and can be safely used by older adults as well.

Metabolic

Migraine/Tension Headaches

Researchers at the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago, Illinois have found that caffeine may make your headache feel better.  Already an ingredient in some over-the-counter headache medications, caffeine may do more than speed the other ingredients through your system to alleviate your headache faster. Caffeine, given by itself, was given to headache sufferers.  The result was that 58% said it was completely successful; the same number reported ibuprofen alone was completely successful.  Many said that they felt better, faster taking just the caffeine.  When standard painkillers were combined with caffeine, 70% of patients reported complete relief. Caffeine does, of course, have its down sides.  It is a stimulant and some studies have actually found that high caffeine consumption is linked with suffering from more headaches, perpetuation of the headache cycle and a temporary rise in blood pressure.