Drinking Diet Coke When Pregnant
To be on the safe side you may want to limit the amount of soda you drink.
Drinking diet coke when pregnant. Sadly drinking diet coke throughout pregnancy equals a strong chance the baby will develop obesity during infancy and childhood. And we all know how important it for a pregnant woman to take a balanced and nutritious diet. But if you re concerned about the overall effects of artificial sweeteners.
Effects of drinking diet coke during pregnancy as discussed above artificial sweeteners such as aspartame used in diet coke which has some serious potential health hazards. But research has raised concerns about both diet soda and regular soft drinks during pregnancy. According to a study from the department of pediatrics and child health at the university of manitoba in canada maternal consumption of artificial sweeteners during pregnancy may influence infant bmi body mass.
One large study of more than 60 000 pregnant women found that those. I m not drinking tea coffee. By rachel neifeld rd cdn to drink or not to drink diet soda.
Drinking coke during pregnancy might not be a good option as it does not offer any nutritional value and the calories which you keep on sipping are considered to be empty calories. I ve been drinking diet coke i didn t hear until very recently about the aspartame thing but i think 4 5 a week like you re having is ok. Drinking diet soda when pregnant may cause childhood obesity shutterstock even though food safety authorities around the world have given pregnant women the green light to drink diet soft drinks via parents this warning was similar to one published by jama pediatrics which also linked artificial sweeteners with early childhood obesity.
An occasional soft drink is not likely to do you any harm. The main issue with diet soda is artificial sweeteners such as saccharin being consumed during pregnancy as well as the caffeine content. A 12 ounce can of diet soda usually contains about 192 milligrams of aspartame says the american cancer society 2 on its website.
Diet soda wasn t much better. From the standpoint of caffeine intake a pregnant woman can safely drink two or even three cans of diet coke each day. By mid childhood age 7.