Do not drink coffee during pregnancy.. it harms the future of the fetus

According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in the United States, the consumption of small amounts of caffeine per day by pregnant women (the equivalent of two cups of coffee per day), may lead to shorter offspring during early childhood (up to the age of eight), compared to growing children. whose mothers avoided caffeine during pregnancy.

The study, whose results were published in the journal "Gamma Network Open", indicated that the height difference between children of mothers who drank coffee and those who did not, is about 2 centimeters, without any association between caffeine intake during pregnancy and children's weight gain.

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The researchers said: 'Caffeine is primarily metabolized to paraxantin in less than three hours in pregnant women in the first trimester of pregnancy. Both caffeine and this metabolite cross the placenta. Using biomarker data, we recorded caffeine exposure through consumption of certain foods, such as chocolate and decaffeinated beverages, which may contain small amounts of caffeine.”