When trying to balance lifestyle choices for optimum health, it seems that often there is conflicting advice for which foods and drinks are best and in what quantities.

A new study shows how a drink that is proven to lower blood pressure, raises it if you consume just a little bit too much (and with little bit, I mean something most people would consider moderate).

It is true that certain foods and drinks contain healthful benefits that lower blood pressure, but those same foods and drinks can raise it as well.

For instance, coffee has been shown to be beneficial when limited to less than 16 ounces per day. More than that, and the caffeine can spike blood pressure for days after one exposure.

We also hear a lot about red wine. It is true that red wine is packed with the powerful antioxidant resveratrol. This has been proven many times over to help eliminate free radicals that cause high blood pressure, inflammation, and other problems.

Too much, and you have the opposite effect. Most people understand that binge drinking (getting really drunk) is terrible for health and causes a cascade of trouble throughout the body.

However, a study done at the University of Western Australia in Perth recently found that the difference between just enough red wine and too much might be a thinner line that you might think.

What they found was that people who drank only 5-7 servings per week, or the equivalent of not more than 1 glass per day, had much lower blood pressure levels than people who drank 14-21 servings per week, or 2 to 3 glasses per day.

There was a noticeable difference in blood pressure readings between people having 1 glass versus 2. This is one of the first studies that clearly draws a line between “just right” and “too much,” defining it right down to the glass.

So one glass of wine doesn’t hurt (can even be good), but two is too much.

Enjoying an occasional glass of wine with dinner isn’t generally going to be enough to get chronic high blood pressure down to normal. But there is a simple and effective way to do it without drugs.

Find out here about the best natural way to eliminate high blood pressure in 3 simple steps…