This is a question that future moms addicted to coffee are probably asking themselves: can we continue to drink coffee during pregnancy? What is the health limit? What are the risks to the unborn baby?
Researchers from the US National Institutes of Health (in the United States) have looked into the question. Their work, presented recently at the congress of theAmerican Society for Reproductive Medicine, offer concrete answers – apply today!
Coffee and tea, no more than two cups per day during pregnancy!
Through the study of a group of 1,228 young American women who attempted to give birth between 2007 and 2011, researchers claim that the maximum tolerable dose of caffeine per day in a pregnant woman is 200 milligrams, which represents two cups of coffee or tea, or one can of cola or energy drink (250 mL).
Indeed: too much coffee consumption could increase the risk of miscarriage, especially during the first trimester of pregnancy, and promote low birth weight in the unborn child, potentially responsible future health problems – respiratory and muscular disorders … Warning: researchers also point out that chocolate contains caffeine, but in lesser quantities.
The advice of specialists is therefore quite simple: drastically reduce your coffee consumption during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy (even if it means not drinking coffee at all), then (during the following months) limit yourself To 2 cups a day. How about temporarily taking herbal tea?
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