1. AN IMMEDIATE SPIKE FIRST, your numbers go up fast. Blood pressure often rises shortly after that first drink and can continue to climb higher for several hours afterward.
2. IT OVERSTIMULATES YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM Second, alcohol triggers your sympathetic nervous system. This is the system that controls your "fight or flight" response, which forces your heart rate to speed up and pushes your blood pressure up with it.
3. IT TIGHTENS YOUR BLOOD VESSELS Third, IT DISRUPTS YOUR HORMONES. Alcohol messes with the hormones that keep your blood vessels relaxed. This causes them to narrow and constrict, making your heart work much harder to pump blood.
So, how much alcohol is actually safe if you have high blood pressure? Click the related video linked below to learn the safe limits you need to know!
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