A new study suggests that pregnant women, and those trying to conceive, should drink coffee and coffee in general, CNN reports.
What’s happening:
The new study – done at Reykjavik University – found that excessive coffee consumption during pregnancy was linked to a rise in:
- Low birth weight
- Miskarriages
- Stillbirth
- Obesity in children
- Leukemia
Experts told CNN that 200 milligrams of coffee – about four cans of Diet Coke – is safe.
Method:
- For the study, researcher Jack James analyzed 48 different studies from the last 20 years. He suggested that no amount of coffee is safe for women who are expecting, according to Yahoo News.
- The study was only observational and did not test for cause and effect, according to CNN.
- Andrew Shennan, a professor of obstetrics at King’s College London, said in a statement that “the damaging evidence may be due in part to other associated factors associated with high coffee intake, such as cigarette smoking.”
Why is cafe bad for kids?
Yahoo News explained it this way:
“Caffeine crosses the placenta, showing a fetus at levels similar to those circulating in the mother’s bloodstream. Unlike adults, developing babies lack the enzyme produced by the liver to break down caffeine. ”
