High Blood Pressure
 

Alcohol and High Blood Pressure.

Alcohol and High Blood Pressure, this is a conundrum. Consuming a small amount of alcohol daily (up to two standard units) appears to have a beneficial effect upon cardiovascular risk. There are a great many possible explanations for this but amongst the most likely are that compounds within some alcoholic drinks,particularly red wine help mop up free radical molecules that can cause untold havoc amongst tissue etc.

However before most of you tear down to the local Off Licence or bar ripping open your wallet with renewed zeal, the beneficial effects rapidly turn harmful when higher levels of of alcohol are consumed.

Regular alcoholic consumption raises blood pressure, particularly in individuals who are already hypertensive. This effect soon wears off after the excessive drinking is curtailed. Binge drinking is quite often associated with an increased risk of developing a stroke.

The usual recommended maximum consumption of alcohol per week is:

• 21 units for women
• 28 units of alcohol for men

Hypertensive people should limit their drinking to:

• 14 units per week for women.
• 21 units per week for men.

(Source: British Hypertensive Society guidelines)


A unit of alcohol is widely accepted to be as follows:

• 250ml (1/2 pint) of ordinary strength beer/lager
• 1 glass (125ml)/4 fl oz) of wine
• 1 pub measure of sherry/vermouth (1.5 fl oz)
• 1 pub measure of spirits (1.5 fl oz).

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