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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.
Studies have shown that caffeine raises blood pressure only for a short period of time. Hypertension research studies have shown that the caffeine in coffee, as well as in other drinks such as tea and sodas, raises blood pressure only temporarily. Once the caffeine is out of the body, the blood pressure returns to its normal level.