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If you increase the amount of fruits and vegetables in your diet, you will also lower your blood pressure. Coffee contains caffeine which is a stimulant and can cause your blood vessels to contract and increase your blood pressure. However, this amount is small, and may or may not be significant.
Green coffee extract may also positively affect blood vessels, which has major implications for heart health. Doses of between 140-720 mg per day have been shown to lower blood pressure in both rats and humans with high blood pressure (15, 16). Chlorogenic acid also functions as an antioxidant (17).