Women should drink less coffee during pregnancy

1. Pregnant women who drink coffee are at risk of developing diabetes in their fetuses.

Coffee contains more caffeine, and can quickly enter the fetus through the placental blood circulation, damage the fetal pancreas, reduce its insulin secretion and lead to diabetes.

two。 Caffeine can excite the central nervous system.

This effect promotes metabolism, making the heart beat faster and blood flow faster. This effect does not have adverse consequences for healthy people, but it is disadvantageous for pregnant women, because the burden on the heart has been increased during pregnancy due to fetal growth, uterine enlargement, and increased blood volume. In this case, the effect of caffeine will further increase the burden on the heart. Especially pregnant women with pregnancy induced hypertension syndrome, do not drink coffee to prevent heart failure.

In addition, caffeine can increase serum cholesterol and induce coronary heart disease while exciting nerves, and increase the content of free fatty acids and lipids in the blood. it is disadvantageous to patients with high blood pressure, vascular sclerosis, excessive gastric acid and gastric and duodenal ulcers.

3. Caffeine is at risk of teratogenicity.

It has been reported that caffeine has a teratogenic effect. A study by a French scholar pointed out that feeding pregnant mice the equivalent of 24 cups of espresso for adults every day will cause deformities in mice, such as palates, toes or feet. In the future, some scholars have verified this.

In addition to coffee, caffeinated drinks such as cola drinks are also unsuitable for pregnant women.

Note: pregnant women should also eat less or not eat the following foods

1. Food that is too salty, too sweet and greasy.

2. Processed food such as ham sausage, roast chicken, canned food, etc.

3. Irritating foods such as strong tea, spicy condiments, etc.

4. Do not eat unclean and contaminated food.