I pulled this, having a hazy memory of a list query about the possible health risks WRT coffee (note that it takes a *lot* of coffee for this - 8+ cups/day).
> Too Much Coffee Risky During Pregnancy > Drinking coffee during pregnancy can be risky if you > have more than four cups per day. > > http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/61/67380.htm "...Their findings appear in the Feb. 22 issue of the British Medical Journal. "Researchers say women with a high intake of coffee were also more likely to have a high intake of alcohol and be smokers. Once they adjusted for smoking habits and alcohol drinking during pregnancy, the risk of stillbirth associated with coffee consumption decreased slightly to about a 40% increase in risk for those who drank four to seven cups of coffee per day and a 220% increase in risk among those who drank more than eight cups a day. "After these adjustments, the study also found no significant link between coffee consumption and the risk of infant death within the first year of life. "Overall, the researchers say that when it comes to increasing stillbirth risk, their study suggests that there is a threshold effect around four to seven cups of coffee per day. They say there did not seem to be one single reason that could explain the increased risk of stillbirth found among women who consumed large amounts of coffee." A little bit of coffee, however, is related to a slightly _lower_ risk of stillbirth (in article). Debbi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
