Plus, of course, coffee is a laxative so if I gave it up ... back to the "c" problem again, possibly.
To my surprise, my consumption of coffee (which has always been high) actually increased since the T2D diagnosis. Even though I am now drinking it straight with no milk or sugar. I love coffee!!!
Unfortunately I do need to, at least, figure out whether it could be affecting BP. Those first one or two cups of coffee early in the morning set my heart racing -- I can tell. So I bought a BP monitor and will experiment. I think it was
@Brunneria who said she did some detective work on her BP and narrowed it down to coffee.
So here's hoping that the culprit is not, in my case, coffee. Should know the answer fairly soon, as soon as I have the nerve to go cold-turkey.