If reducing caffeine does the trick, you don’t want to also cut out salt pre-emptively. There are dangers to cutting salt and it should be a last resort if nothing else works to reduce blood pressure.

Is there actually solid science behind that? I had a friend who swore that it really has no effect, and when I personally looked into it, it seemed that a large portion of the population sees higher blood pressure from it, but for most it's a short term increase.

I think at the end of the day, moderation is what's most important.

But not too much! Some salt is good, but not the absurd amounts you'll find in prepared food from the food service industry.

Also, make sure the salt you use has iodine in it. Lots of people don't get that

Haven't been to Panera in a while, had no idea they were selling these drinks. The article makes mention that people who have the condition she had are typically OK with caffeine but that energy drinks are more dangerous because they contain other stimulants apart from the caffeine, like taurine. There's really no fair comparison between coffee and energy drinks because of all the other added stimulants in energy drinks

One Celsius has 200 mg of caffeine while one espresso drink from home has about 80 mg. Sometimes I still feel tired after drinking my coffee but I definitely feel less jittery and stressed.

It's like comparing an underground pool to one of those blue shell pools, it's still a pool, it's just ones got waaaaayy more pool in it than the other.