On what it is more in coffee — advantage or harm — people argue throughout many centuries. Some consider it drink of gods, others — the available drug only due to a misunderstanding allowed to free sale.
It is no wonder that the possibility of the use of a similar product during pregnancy raises serious doubts both at future mothers, and at members of their family.
Many women who are not representing life without cup of fragrant drink, having been in the interesting family way dilute it with milk, trying to neutralize thus possible harm which caffeine can bring to the kid. Whether such additive solves a problem and whether the ban on coffee during the entire period of expectation of the kid is reasonable — we will try to understand.
Let's begin with the main stereotype which often confuses fans of fragrant grains. Many consider that milk neutralizes caffeine — alkaloid thanks to which drink possesses the magic invigorating action and is even capable to cause psychological dependence. In fact this belief is wrong.
Important! Milk does not influence caffeine content in a cup in any way, it only dilutes drink and does its coffee component less concentrated. However at the same time due to addition of milk the caloric content of the final product sharply increases what for some reason often forget about.
In other words, to reduce amount of narcotic alkaloid in drink, it is enough to put less ground grains in a cup or to pour in it more liquid, and there will be it water, milk or their mix — has no value.
So, existence of milk does not deprive drink of gods of its artful qualities, it is necessary only to find out whether these qualities are critical for the future of mothers.
There is a wish to calm all coffee-achievers: contraindication straight lines for consumption of coffee during pregnancy do not exist! Of course, it is about the dosed reception, without abuses and fanaticism.
The official position of World Health Organization does not contain the concrete recommendations of rather maximum allowed dose of caffeine which unambiguously will not do harm to the kid.
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But it is considered to be that it is possible for pregnant women, without being afraid, to drink one-two small cups of the drink made from quality ground grains.
Sometimes doctors speak even about the use of three cups daily, and refer to the serious scientific research which confirmed that such dose does not make any negative impact on a fruit and does not threaten normal course of pregnancy in general.
It is considered to be that 200 mg of caffeine correspond to two big cups of strong natural coffee, but it is necessary to consider that the content of this alkaloid depends also on a grade of grains. So, robusta (to 3%) has the maximum dose of caffeine while in the most popular with us to arabica coffee there are no more than 1.2% of narcotic alkaloid. The majority of grades of coffee represent mix of arabica coffee and robusta in any given proportion therefore caffeine they on average contain from 1.2 to 1.5%.
Important! According to the official recommendations of The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to which doctors and patients not only the USA and Canada, but also Australia and Europe listen, during pregnancy the organism of the woman should not receive more than 200 mg of caffeine within a day. Excess of this dose, especially in the first trimester, increases abortion probability twice.
Besides increase in probability of an abortion, abuse of fragrant drink can lead also to other undesirable consequences which essence is as follows:
- because of the strengthened salivation the probability and intensity of toxicosis increases;
- from an organism of mother the iron and calcium extremely necessary for the correct development of a fruit are washed away (the risk of the birth of the kid with anomalies of bones of a skeleton increases);
- presumably, the probability of predisposition of the kid to diabetes increases;
- on late terms almost created nervous system of a fruit becomes especially susceptible to narcotic action contained in fragrant grains to alkaloid.
The assumption concerning on what term of pregnancy of coffee is the most dangerous, does not exist, however it is considered to be that the minimum harm from drink can be done to an embryo in the 2nd trimester (in the first and last third from the put nine months the woman should control as much as possible the dependence on artful drink).
In instant coffee the percentage of narcotic alkaloid is much less, than in natural. For comparison if having drunk a standard cup of Espresso, we receive from 90 to 200 mg of caffeine, then in a full-fledged cup of soluble drink of this substance no more than 40 mg.
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It would seem, soluble powder is an excellent alternative to natural grains as the daily dose of favourite drink can be increased safely from two cups to five. However, actually it not so. All researches about an opportunity to indulge itself fragrant drink during pregnancy belong only to natural coffee beans, and it is desirable very qualitative and ground just before the use.
Important! At least 85% of soluble powder or a granule represent not natural ingredients, but artificial additives are the fragrances, amplifiers of taste and preservatives providing giving to a product of the necessary texture, a smell, color, saturation and similarity with initial raw materials. And the grains used for preparation of soluble drinks always undertake the lowest category.
If influence of caffeine on an organism of the pregnant woman is studied enough, then concerning all specified additives it is possible to tell only one with confidence: it is desirable for future mother to exclude them from the diet completely as it is absolutely unknown what impact they will have on the developing fruit.
Consumption of coffee during pregnancy can be even useful to the woman (to lighten the mood, to have the invigorating effect, to train a cardiac muscle, etc.) if it is only correct to do it.
- Give preference of 100% to arabica coffee — this grade of grains is considered the most qualitative, at the same time they contain less narcotic alkaloid.
- Buy grains only in specialized shops, giving preference to goods in tight packing from a three-layer foil. It is ideal if packing also has the special valve working by the principle of the nipple: allows to estimate aroma of raw materials and to release surplus of carbon dioxide from a package, but interferes with penetration of air in packing. You remember: light and oxygen — the most important enemies of good coffee!
- You watch that on packing the date of roasting of grains was specified and do not buy goods if from this date passed more than a month.
- It is better for future mothers to choose grains of weak roasting, such drink is much more useful to our organism.
- Forget about soluble powders, granules and substitutes.
- Do not exceed a safe dose — two cups of favourite drink a day.
- Defining the maximum allowed dose of alkaloid in day, consider also other its sources — tea, cocoa, chocolate, etc.
- Try to have coffee in the first half of day, it minimizes load of heart, will help to prevent hypostases and will not interfere with good rest and a deep sleep at night.
- Already at a pregnancy planning stage it is desirable for the women who are not conceiving of the life without a cheerfulness elixir to begin to accustom itself to consumption of drink of smaller fortress, gradually reducing amount of the powder filled in a cup. We do not forget that most of doctors consider the most dangerous in terms of negative impact of caffeine on a fruit the 3rd trimester of pregnancy therefore it is better that to approach of this moment the percentage of the alkaloid getting daily to mother's organism was minimized.
Whether you know? It appears, coffee is a natural contraceptive. But for minimization of probability of unwanted pregnancy it is necessary to drink not less than one and a half dozen cups of drink daily that very hazardously to health.
- Diluting coffee with milk or cream, it is necessary to consider sharp increase in the general caloric content of drink. This caution also concerns amount of the sugar added to a cup at preparation of drink.
In spite of the fact that the modern level of development of technologies offers a huge number of various substitutes which are tasting most like and to aroma natural ingredients, during pregnancy similar substitutes cannot be used.
Whether you know? The American scientists from State Department of health care and Department of researches of the University of California (San Francisco) analyzed data on more than five thousand patients therefore it turned out that the quantity of abortions in the period of 1 trimester at the women drinking more than three cups of coffee without caffeine was nearly two and a half times higher, than at those who did not take such drink.
We already mentioned why future mothers are not recommended to have instant coffee, it is necessary only to notice that everything told fully belongs to drink without caffeine. By the way, alkaloid actually nevertheless is present at a similar product, its quantity much less, than in grains or soluble powder is simple (about 2-3 mg on a cup).
- to increase cholesterol level in the woman's blood;
- to contribute to the development of cardiovascular diseases as at mother, and the kid;
- to cause an allergy (concerns both mother, and the child);
- to lead to other pathologies of development of a fruit;
- to increase risk of termination of pregnancy.
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Thus, dekofeinizirovanny coffee, strangely enough, in large numbers leads to the same negative consequences, as natural, but at the same time has a large amount of additional negative properties. It is also necessary to tell that narcotic alkaloid contains not only in grains of a coffee tree.
It is present also at cocoa beans, tea leaves and some other plants. It is interesting that in leaves of a tea tree of caffeine it is even more, than in coffee beans. However as preparation of tea, even very strong, requires much less dried leaves, than the ground grains for preparation of coffee, tea has on an organism much smaller narcotic effect.
So, one cup of strong black tea contains about 11 mg of caffeine, that is approximately is four times less, than in the same cup of instant coffee.
Summing up the result, we will notice that the products directly contraindicated to future mother, in fact are not much, at the same time the main danger during this period is represented by chemical additives, but not natural ingredients.
If life without cup of fragrant drink for the woman not in joy, is better not to refuse to itself pleasure and not to try to deceive itself auto-training and the more so various substitutes. The full-fledged portion of quality good arabica coffee will not do harm to either the pregnant woman, or the kid, and here soluble powders and various substitutes of natural drink can be really hazardous to health.
Whether you know? It is interesting that influence of caffeine on an organism of a pregnant female was investigated on cows. At the same time it turned out that at cow calves who in the period of stylishness daily received the alkaloid dose making in percentage to their weight more, than 300 ml smaller and weak calfs, than at individuals from control group were born.
As for milk, its addition in favourite drink does not influence a possibility of the consumption of coffee during pregnancy in any way, its maximum permissible dose. Everything that in this case changes - it is initial taste of a product and its caloric content.