Overall, as with anything else in pregnancy, it's best to practice moderation. Mint is a popular and refreshing herb. Although mint tastes lovely, helps with headaches, and it can ease morning sickness, pregnant women must be careful.
You should avoid mint at all costs if you have experienced a miscarriage in the past or you are diagnosed with risk pregnancy. You better choose from a variety of pregnancy-safe herbs with similar benefits. Mint tea is best avoided until after you deliver and finish breastfeeding because it negatively affects the production of breastmilk. Green tea is famous for its healing benefits. It is an excellent antioxidant. Green tea should not be avoided entirely during pregnancy, only consumed with caution because it contains caffeine.
One cup of green tea a day is okay. It will not harm you or your unborn baby; you both can thrive from its enormous benefits. Proceed with caution — the same applies to black tea as with the aforementioned green tea.
Black tea is naturally caffeinated, so stick with one cup a day. Warning: If you are pregnant and drink coffee, green and black tea should be avoided, because of caffeine.
If you want to have a cup of tea, drink it instead of coffee. Daily intake of caffeine should not exceed excess mg. Read more about the caffeine limit in the article Coffee and pregnancy. Ginger tea is famous for its healing properties — it boosts the immune system; it works as prevention against cold and flu. Ginger, in general, helps to ease morning sickness ginger ale is highly recommended, for example.
Asian cuisine uses ginger in most of their recipes, but here, in Europe, we use it mostly in the form of tea. Are you wondering whether you may drink this spicy beverage when you are expecting? Yes, you may, but you have to use caution— 1 gram of dried ginger in tea bags or 4 grams of fresh ginger a day.
Do not exceed the limit. Extreme amounts of ginger during pregnancy can severely endanger your unborn baby, even lead to miscarriage. If you want to consume ginger during pregnancy, consult it with your gynecologist. Herbs are natural remedies so look at them the same way you would look at pharmaceutical treatments — not all are suitable in pregnancy or during breastfeeding.
Some herbs are okay it the beginning of pregnancy but should be avoided later. Some, on the other hand, are forbidden until the end of the pregnancy as they can help to induce labour. If you feel insecure about these special herbs, you should seek help, do not put your baby at risk. Doctors or pharmacologists are here to help you. Plus, you can always choose from a wide range of pregnancy teas, which are safe for the whole period of pregnancy and therefore can be consumed without further consulting.
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While coffee is the main source of caffeine in most parts of the world about mg per cup , it is less recognised that tea contains a significant amount of caffeine, too about 33mg per cup. Brewing methods and types of coffee and tea influence their caffeine contents. So our findings have potentially important public health implications in countries where a lot of black tea is consumed, such as Ireland and the UK.
The recommended caffeine intake level during pregnancy differs across health organisations and countries. The World Health Organisation recommends an intake of less than mg per day. However, our study shows an increased risk of adverse birth outcomes even for a maternal consumption level lower than these recommended levels.
Apart from smaller birth size and shorter gestational duration, maternal caffeine intake has been linked to other negative outcomes for the child, such as a lower IQ.
But these findings, including our own, are from observational studies, and observational studies cannot prove that caffeine causes these outcomes, only that there is a link between them. To prove causation, scientists would need to conduct randomised controlled trials.
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