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Article: Caffeine can double risk of miscarriage
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- January 21, 2008
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WALNUT CREEK -- Consuming large amounts of caffeine during
pregnancy by drinking coffee, soda, tea or hot chocolate increases
the risk of miscarriage, a new study reveals.
Women who ingest 200 milligrams or more of caffeine per day are
twice as likely to miscarry as women who consume none, the study by
Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente found.
That equals about two cups of coffee daily, or five 12-ounce cans
of soda.
"We recommend avoiding caffeine, but if people are compelled to
have it, we tell them for sure to limit it," said Dr. David Walton,
Kaiser's regional chief of perinatology.