The committee report said moderate
caffeine consumption during pregnancy does not appear to contribute to miscarriage or premature birth.
Maternal
caffeine consumption during pregnancy and the risk of miscarriage: A prospective cohort study.
Although studies have been inconclusive, it is still best to limit
caffeine consumption during pregnancy.
15Committee on Obstetric Practice (2010) Moderate
caffeine consumption during pregnancy.
17Maslova E. et al. (2010)
Caffeine consumption during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth: a meta - analysis.
Association Between
Caffeine Consumption During Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression: A Population - based Study, Journal of Caffeine Research, Volume 7 (1).
Higher maternal
caffeine consumption during pregnancy was independently associated with a reduced risk of peer problems in the children: the adjusted odds ratios (95 % confidence intervals) in the first, second, third, and fourth quartiles of maternal
caffeine consumption during pregnancy were 1 (reference), 0.61 (0.35 — 1.06), 0.52 (0.29 — 0.91), and 0.51 (0.28 — 0.91), respectively (P for trend = 0.01).
Conclusion:
Any caffeine consumption during pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of excess infant growth and of childhood overweight, mainly at preschool ages.
Objectives: The present prebirth cohort study examined the association between maternal
caffeine consumption during pregnancy and behavioral problems in Japanese children aged 5 years.
In a previous analysis of data from the same group of women, the researchers also found that higher amounts of
caffeine consumption during pregnancy was not linked to children's risk of obesity.
In the study of nearly 51,000 women and their babies, average
caffeine consumption during pregnancy was tied to a 15 percent higher risk of a child gaining excess weight.
The researchers found no evidence that mom's
caffeine consumption during pregnancy had any effect on children.
Researchers look for possible link between
caffeine consumption during pregnancy and behavioral issues in kids.
Committee Opinion: Moderate
Caffeine Consumption During Pregnancy.
Not exact matches
This study's findings are consistent with an analysis commissioned by FDA and updated in 2012, as well as a published ILSI survey of more than 37,000 people which shows that
caffeine consumption in the U.S. has remained stable
during the most recent period analyzed, while coffee remains the primary source of
caffeine in most age groups.
«We conclude in this review that maternal
caffeine consumption in moderate amounts
during gestation and lactation has no measurable consequences on the fetus and newborn infant.
There is INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE about the beneficial effects of
caffeine consumption athletic performance
during short - term exercise, such as sprints or lifting [115], attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)[89], asthma [85,86], cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease [191,192], depression [115], diabetes mellitus type 2 [22,23,187,205], gallstones [87,88], gout [83,84], hepatitis C or liver cirrhosis [115], improving breathing in preterm infants with apnea [150,174], leg cramps due to narrowed arteries (intermittent claudication)[115], liver cancer [191], memory [16,67], migraine headache [176,207,209], muscle soreness
during exercise [115], obsessive - compulsive disorder (OCD)[115], orthostatic hypotension [78,80], postprandial hypotension (a drop of blood pressure after meals)[77], seizures [25], skin itching [115], stroke [115] or weight loss [90].
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) concluded that there is an association between
caffeine consumption and an increase in endurance performance, endurance capacity and a reduction in the rated perceived effort or exertion
during exercise20.
Caffeine consumption tends to decrease
during the early weeks of pregnancy, coinciding with increasing pregnancy symptoms and aversions1.
Caffeine consumption has been shown to decrease with increasing pregnancy symptoms
during the early weeks of pregnancy1.
As the response to
caffeine consumption is variable, athletes need to determine whether the ingestion of lower amounts of
caffeine before and / or
during training and competitions is ergogenic on an individual basis10.
These are steps most of us already know (but rarely do)-- things like limiting
caffeine and alcohol
consumption during the day, keeping your bedroom cool, avoiding foods we may be sensitive to (sugar, grains, dairy), and exercising regularly (as little as 30 minutes a day).
7Chen L. et al. (2014) Exploring maternal patterns of dietary
caffeine consumption before conception and
during pregnancy.
So what can you do: try limiting
caffeine and alcohol
consumption during the day, keeping your bedroom cool, avoiding foods we may be sensitive to (sugar, grains, dairy), and getting some form of exercise daily (even walking as little as 30 minutes a day).
However, more researchers have begun to look at this subject, and some are observing how other factors, such as
caffeine consumption, could influence a female's performance
during sports.