Diet Coke Bad During Pregnancy

And we all know how important it for a pregnant woman to take a balanced and nutritious diet.

Diet coke bad during pregnancy. By mid childhood age 7. When you are pregnant you will want to make every calorie count in your diet. Drinking it during pregnancy was linked to poorer fine motor visual spatial and visual motor abilities in early childhood around age 3.

An occasional diet soda is usually fine and will not affect the health of the mother or developing fetus. They are great thirst quenchers we all agree. Studies have shown that women who drink soda and diet soda during pregnancy more than this quantity have a higher risk of having a preterm birth the risk is the same whether soda contains sugar or artificial sweeteners.

It is safe to consume no more than one serving 330ml of soda or diet soda per day. One large study of more than 60 000 pregnant women found that those who drank more than one artificially sweetened or sugar sweetened beverage a day had an increased risk of. Most types of diet soda also contain caffeine.

However diet sodas contain artificial sweeteners and do not provide any nutritional benefits. You should not let soda substitute the nutritious drinks and foods that you can consume. To be on the safe side you may want to limit the amount of soda you drink.

Drinking soda when you re pregnant may not be the best thing for you but it certainly isn t the worst. However in moderate amounts. But research has raised concerns about both diet soda and regular soft drinks during pregnancy.

According to los angeles ob gyn and author of your pregnancy your way dr. But now its better you go natural and cut out on fizzy drinks. In an interview with.