From the Coffee Shop
Pregnant Women Advised to Drink No More Than Two Cups of Coffee a Day
A recent study from Leeds and Leicester Universities in the UK indicates that pregnant women who drink more than 200mg of caffeine per day may give birth to babies with low birth weight. The study will be published in the British Medical Journal this week. Children with low birth weight are more likely to suffer health problems like heart disease and diabetes. The study took place from 2003 to 2006 and examined the caffeine consumption patterns of 2,645 low-risk pregnant women with an average age of 30. Women whose intake of caffeine was over 200mg per day were more likely...
