Research from the University of South Australia shows that drinking six or more cups of coffee a day may be harmful to your health, increasing your risk of heart disease by 22%.
Professor Elina Hyppönen and Ang Zhou from the University of South Australia, whose PhD thesis explored the link between excess coffee and cardiovascular disease, showed that excess coffee can lead to high blood pressure, a risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
Pharmacist Abbas Kanani, speaking to Express News website, also warned people not to drink too much coffee as it can lead to high blood pressure.
Separately, another study published in the New England Journal of Medicine also showed that drinking too much coffee or having too much caffeine can cause your heart rate to increase. This may also lead to irregular changes in heart rate.
Specifically, study participants who drank large amounts of coffee had about a 50 percent higher rate of premature ventricular contractions compared to days when they didn’t drink coffee.
Although premature ventricular contractions are not too dangerous or serious, experts say people who experience them frequently are more likely to develop heart failure.
A scientific study of 18,609 people aged 40-79 published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (AHA) also showed that for patients with stage 2-3 hypertension, drinking 2 or more cups of coffee a day may increase the risk of death by one. times heart attack, stroke or other heart health problems.
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