Health/Biology Question(NEED TO KNOW)

[Tigger17]

If you drink five cups of coffee what would it do to your blood pressure and pulse rate?

[mollykins]

Raise both, that's assuming you're human adn the coffee isn't decaff of course.

[Old_Geezer]

Dunno. Try it and let us know.

[mollykins]

*and.

But I don't know how much by, if that is what you're wondering aswell.

[Tigger17]

Thanks Mollykins
(If any one else as an answer still post it)

[mollykins]

Coincidentally tigger, in biology last term, we did an experiment where we gave caffeine to water fleas and had to measure their heatrate using a microscope (their bodies are see-through so you can sea the heart beating!).

[grasscarp]

Caffeine does not raise blood pressure according to this
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2488117.stm

[mollykins]

We were taught it does because it's a result of raising your heart rate . . .

[Old_Geezer]

But the article doesn't deny a cup of coffee would, just says that caffeine doesn't seem to be the cause.

Mind you, we probably have super new improved caffeine in our coffee now.

[Tigger17]

I found the answer

[Tigger17]

Two cups of coffee contains 30 mg of caffeine. This is enough to raise your blood pressure and pulse rate significantly. So 30+30=60mg which equals 4cups of coffee 1cup of coffee is 15mg, So 60+15=75mg of caffeine. This right here tells you that if two cup of coffee raises your blood pressure and pulse rate then five cup is really not a good idea for you to drink.

[grasscarp]

Tigger that is making assumptions about what is a cup of coffee. There is a huge difference between expresso for example and a cup of instant coffee which can be any strength. Also what size is the cup.