Women should consider giving up coffee in pregnancy, according to a scientist whose study found that drinking even a single mug a day appeared to reduce baby birthweights.
February 19/London/Guardian -- Women should consider giving up coffee in pregnancy, according to a scientist whose study found that drinking even a single mug a day appeared to reduce baby birthweights.
The research on nearly 60,000 women found that even low levels of the stimulant raised the risk of babies being born with a lower weight than expected. Coffee was the source of most of the caffeine the women consumed, but for those who avoided the drink, the main contributions came from tea and chocolate.