Published 18:39 IST, November 8th 2019

Pregnancy: These are the drinks that must be avoided when expecting

During pregnancy, certain drinks can have adverse effects on the mother and child. So, here are few drinks that should not be consumed during pregnancy.

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You may have to make a drastic change in your dietary lifestyle when you come to kw that you are pregnant. Although at times, you may feel that things you consume are healthy, y tend to harm you during pregnancy. A few drinks are very necessary to be avoided during pregnancy as se drinks can have verse effects on mor and child. So, here are drinks that should t be consumed during pregnancy.

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Drinks that are to be avoided during pregnancy

Juice me from Wheatgrass

Wheatgrass has wonderful benefits, and most of pregnant women believe that healthy pregnancy without wheatgrass is very rare. But very few people are aware of presence of different microbes and moulds present in wheatgrass. Wheatgrass is usually harvested in damp and moist wear, to make it a parise for various microbes to flourish. As juice of wheatgrass is prepared from raw wheatgrass, germs can easily find ir way into juice. Hence when juice is consumed, it can cause a massive imbalance in present nutrients of body.

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Diet Coke

It can be stated on pack that it is a healthy drink to consume and also good for health, but main ingredient that is present in diet drinks and cokes is caffeine. It includes artificial sweeteners, one of primary ones being saccharine. Saccharine contains most of strong chemical that easily finds its way through placenta, reaching baby. So, if a pregnant ly consumes drink in excess, it can start disturbing baby’s growth, causing defects.

Coffee

For most women, drinking coffee may be a pretty integral part of ir morning routine. However, excessive caffeine is t good during pregnancy. If you are finding it difficult to do so, you can restrict yourself to t more than two cups of coffee consumption. Especially in first trimester, try to keep consumption very low, since re is a  risk of caffeine causing a miscarri around that time.

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Aerated bevers

Consumption of aerated drinks or soft drinks has become a regular activity in today’s modern lifestyle. Any fruit or cola flavoured drink, which you feel acts as refreshment can, in fact, harm your baby’s health. This is because t only se bevers have caffeine in m, but some of those also tend to contain a chemical named quinine. combination of caffeine and quinine can be dangerous for an expecting mor.

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