Ways for mothers-to-be to drink less coffee and tea to reduce caffeine intake

Fragrant coffee and fresh tea add a lot of interest to people's life, and have become a part of people's daily life, and it is a good way to relieve stress for professional women. However, mothers-to-be who want to get pregnant or are already pregnant should be aware that drinking more than three cups of coffee or tea a day during the first three months of pregnancy doubles the risk of miscarriage. Because both tea and coffee contain caffeine, caffeine can cause fetal malformations and miscarriages.

It has been reported that caffeine increases the heart rate and metabolism of the fetus, so it has an adverse effect on the fetus; caffeine also reduces the speed at which maternal blood flows into the uterus, thus reducing the amount of oxygen and nutrients in the blood supplied to the fetus, affecting fetal development. In addition, due to the diuretic effect of caffeine, it is more inconvenient for mothers-to-be who already have frequent urination, resulting in the loss of calcium from the urine and affecting the absorption of iron. It is worth noting that because the fetal liver is not yet mature, caffeine can not be metabolized quickly. Therefore, experts advise mothers-to-be not to eat caffeinated foods, including tea, coffee, coke, cocoa, chocolate and so on.

But for many expectant mothers, drinking tea or coffee every day has become a habit, and it's not easy to quit at once. here are some ways to help pregnant women reduce their caffeine intake:

Don't brew ● tea or coffee for too long, because the stronger the coffee and the tea or chocolate, the more caffeine it contains.

● pay attention to the logo before buying drinks, do not drink if drinks contain caffeine, now some carbonated drinks may also contain caffeine, so please choose carefully.

● tries to drink non-caffeinated herbal tea or brew low-caffeinated coffee to minimize caffeine intake.

● try to replace tea and coffee with milk, fruit juice and boiled water.

● if you really have to drink coffee, halve the concentration of coffee, and reduce the number of times to drink, gradually lower and lower, the number of times less and less, until not drinking at all.

One special thing to mention here is that mothers-to-be must not drink green tea! Green tea contains natural antioxidants, which can prevent cancer, whitening and colds. It is a healthy drink in daily life. But as far as mother is concerned, it is untouchable! Because green tea contains ingredients that prevent the proliferation of new blood vessels and can kill allergy and fast-growing cancer cells, for mothers, this is the time for the body to carry out new angiogenesis to give birth to a baby. If you drink green tea during pregnancy, it will have an adverse effect on the growth and development of the fetus. (Guo Wubei)