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Article: Caffeine may raise miscarriage risk
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2008
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (MCT) -- 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 no caffeine, the
study by 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.
Previous studies have shown a link between caffeine and
miscarriage. But critics questioned those ...