Coffee during pregnancy increases the risk of childhood leukemia

American scientists have concluded that at the future mothers who drink during pregnancy for two cups of coffee a day, the children in the 60% more likely to experience with leukemia. In this regard, the British scientists have called authorities to issue formal recommendations about the dangers of coffee for women position.

Coffee and Pregnancy

Published in the journal American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology large-scale study showed that children suffer 60% leukemia If their mothers during pregnancy consumed two cups of coffee per day. Apparently, caffeine DNA alters fetal cells, which makes it more vulnerable to tumors. This conclusion was derived from a meta-analysis of 20 studies.

Coffee and Pregnancy

Initially, American scientists have found that a simple drinking coffee   increases the risk Development leukemia   20%. But, if expectant mothers drink two or more cups a day, the risk rises to 60% already. If in the daily diet of pregnant four cups of coffee, the risk increases to 72%.

Leukemia It is one of the most common childhood cancer. If unable to diagnose the disease at an early stage, it can be treated with chemotherapy. In this case, the chances of complete success is 80%. In For many decades of research, scientists could not establish that it is the cause of the disease. Earlier this suspected proximity to lines power and nuclear power plants, but this assumption is not It was confirmed.

American researchers have come to the firm conclusion that, what drinking coffee   during Pregnancy definitely increases the risk of leukemia. (READ MORE)

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