Can green tea increase BP?

[Endaqu]

If green tea has caffeine in it, can it increase blood pressure? I need to do so, but I know that coffee increases blood pressure temporarily, and later it goes down. Though that maybe with green tea it will be different.

 

[Lev Butlerov]

You are partly right. Unlike coffee, tea will only have caffeine without the theobromine, which is exactly what causes the downfall after drinking coffee. However, green tea has little caffeine, so you would need to drink quite a bit of it, and don't expect drastic effects from its use. In any case, it is a very healthy drink, so it won't hurt you.

 

[Endaqu]

Do you know how much green tea I need to drink if I want the BP to increase a bit?

 

[stevesmi]

you would need to drink 3X the amount of green tea to equal coffee with caffeine

having said that green tea does have health benefits, that i will admit. coffee however is highly pushed by the coffee industry and has minimal health benefits