How worried should women be about caffeine intake during pregnancy?
Catherine Price Jan. 22, 2008 | Is your daily cup of coffee raising your chances of a miscarriage? That’s what a study, published Monday in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, suggests. According to the New York Times, the study — which was based on 1,063 pregnant women in California — suggests that pregnant women who consume more than 200 milligrams of caffeine a day may be doubling their risk of miscarriage. Now, I am not a medical professional, researcher or miscarriage specialist. But this report, which currently tops the list of most e-mailed articles on the Times’ Health page, does make me wonder about a few things. First is the question of how accurate the women were in reporting the amount of caffeine they consumed. Nutritionists have long observed that people frequently underestimate how many calories they eat each day. I would think that the same could be true for caffeine consumption. Maybe you forget a refill of coffee, or leave out a cup of tea, or eat a b
