Thursday 16 June 2011

COFFEE & INFERTILITY

One cup of coffee can cause up to a 50% reduction in your fertility. A good diet plays a significant role in fertility treatment and one of the most necessary things to do is to remove coffee and caffeine products from your diet.
It is recommended not to go ‘cold turkey’ because caffeine is an addictive substance. Cutting all caffeine out of your diet at once may put your body into a withdrawal process that involves headaches, possible migraines, shaky hands, restlessness and lethargy. The ideal way to remove caffeine is to remove one cup and then another cup in two days, continue removing a cup of coffee (or equivalent) every two days. Replacing them with herbal tea or vegetable juice will assist your fertility diet.
Caffeine is everywhere now. Caffeine is found in coffee, tea, green tea, chocolate, energy drinks and cola. Research is suggesting 300mg of caffeine is associated with miscarriages. 300mg of caffeine is equivalent to :
Ø  3 cups of coffee or,
Ø  6 cups of black tea or,
Ø  8 cans of cola or,
Ø  4 cans of energy drink or,
Ø  2 chocolate bars
If you want to fall pregnant and avoid miscarriages it is necessary to eliminate caffeine. In the long run, it will improve your overall health and you will feel more energised because of it.
Another study showed that women who had 8 or so more cups of coffee while pregnant had doubled their risk of stillbirth.

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