Any Drinking Can Cause Blood Pressure To Increase, Study Says

THURSDAY, Oct. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Any boozing can cause your to go up, a new study shows.

Even slight increases in alcohol consumption are associated with higher blood pressure, researchers reported Oct. 22 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology .

Stopping drinking, or even cutting back, might lead to reductions in blood pressure that would lower a person’s risk of or heart disease, researchers said.

The results challenge long-standing assumptions that a drink here or there won’t meaningfully affect a person’s blood pressure, experts said.

“Our study shows that when it comes to BP, the less you drink, the better. The more alcohol you drink, the higher your BP goes,” said lead researcher , a cardiologist at St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo.

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