A few days ago Eliana echoed a somewhat alarming news release in the media.
This is a study conducted in California and published in a prestigious scientific journal that ensures that pregnant women who consume two or three cups of coffee a day double the risk of having an abortion, especially during the first weeks of gestation.
Like what coffee can prove abortions? The reactions to the investigation were not long in coming. Asturian gynecology specialists were some of the professionals who they questioned the study and demand that the topic be deepened so as not to alarm women.
As a refutation of this research, another study published exactly one year ago was published, which we also talked about in the blog that states that consuming moderate amounts of caffeine does not increase pregnancy risks.
José Luis Solís, head of Gynecology at the Cabueñes Hospital (Gijón), is one of the Asturian doctors who does not give any credibility to the last study. "Two cups of coffee are taken by 80 percent of pregnant women and it is clear that it does not abort 80 percent of them," he says.
The recommendation given to pregnant women is not to abuse caffeine, but two or three cups of coffee cannot be considered high doses of toxic substances, he says.
Although the results showed that the percentage of spontaneous abortions in women who regularly consumed coffee was double, it would be necessary to see if other risk factors have also been taken into account.
Anyway, during pregnancy you have to take care of yourself, the excesses are by no means good. When in doubt it is preferable to suppress, replace, or at least reduce the cups of coffee that we drink daily.
