If a Person Is Suffering From High Blood Pressure, Would You Still Suggest Bulletproof Coffee?

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All right, so high blood pressure and coffee and actually I'm gonna take it. Not just bulletproof coffee. Cause the MCT oil and butter that make bulletproof coffee, that make up bulletproof coffee along the beans are not going to be causing a problem. Here's the other part of bulletproof coffee. It's the beans. And the beans from bulletproof coffee are the ones that I drink every day. Why? Because they are mold and mycotoxin free. And one of the things that is a problem with coffee. Coffee can be amazing for you. It's got a lot of antioxidants, phytonutrients in it. However, it also is one of the more moldy crops and also can be a very pesticide laden crop. So you want to make sure that you're getting clean coffee beans. That's super important that you're starting with that now. As far as whether it's going to be triggering any issues with blood pressure, here's the thing, what I would do. The best way to tell if caffeine's impacting your blood pressure is to take your blood pressure, drink a cup of coffee, take your blood pressure and circumstances. But I drink decaf coffee. In fact, over this last couple months, I have detoxed myself all the way back down to decaffeinated coffee, which is a huge deal for me. In fact, I think we should everybody stand up and go woohoo. Mainly because I was working on it more for some anxiety and stuff going on. So I found that the caffeine was triggering me. For a lot of people, caffeine can be great for helping you get a bigger, better workout, helping you with burning fat. But you have to see how it does for you, for all of us. We should quit caffeine by noon. And if it is causing a raise in blood pressure, if it's causing a rise in blood pressure, if it's causing any anxiety or stress or irritability, then cut it out. And if it's impacting your sleep, make sure you're having it very early in the day or you might be one of those people that can't use it at All. And of course, if you've got any adrenal issues, you, it can raise blood sugar as well. Now if you've got high blood pressure though, can I throw a couple other things out to you that can be super helpful for blood pressure? Number one is exercise. Exercise is really important, consistent exercise for blood pressure. And I would look here at doing some high intensity interval training to train your sympathetic nervous system on how to handle stress better and getting out there and doing some walks, moving more. Other thing that can help here is magnesium. So an Epsom salts bath at night, taking some magnesium before bed, super helpful here. Fish oil also is helpful and olive oil. In fact, I would suggest getting 2 tablespoons of olive oil a day into your food, really important. And then of course, keeping good blood sugar balance through your diet. So that means that your meals have protein, fat and fiber for the best blood sugar balance. What's an example of that? Well, it could be some brussels sprouts, a little bit of wild rice, half a cup and some wild salmon. You get the healthy fats from the wild salmon. I put some olive oil on the brussels sprouts and the wild rice, so that helps with that blood pressure too. When I do the brussels sprouts for the non starchy veggies and fiber and the wild rice, which is a grass, not a grain for the, for the fiber as well. So super easy to do. So. So again, one of the most important things you can do is you've gotta be your own best diet strategist, right? You've gotta see how foods affect you. So really pay attention to how do you do with caffeine? Cause again, for me, I was doing caffeine fine for quite a while and then I started to feel some it creating some issues and so I backed it down. So let's see what it does for you. How does it make you feel? And then again, you can either do half decaf, half regular, or take it all the way down to to all decaf. But the MCT oil and butter are not going to be the issue. It would be the issue of the caffeine potentially. All right, if you've got questions, I've got answers. So go ahead and leave a question on any of my social media places. JJ Virgin on Instagram, JJ Virgin official on Facebook. And you can also just pop on over to the podcast comments and leave it there by going to subscribetoj.com it's that easy. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a show and I'll See you next time. Time. Bye. This is JJ with Ask the Health Expert. I do this five times a week, so make sure you never miss a show by going to subscribetojay.com.

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