Diet Coke Safe Pregnancy
Diet soda wasn t much better.
Diet coke safe pregnancy. By rachel neifeld rd cdn to drink or not to drink diet soda. Many women whose pre pregnancy drink of choice was a calorie free thirst quenching diet coke or diet pepsi may have a difficult time giving up their sweet sugar free beverage fix. One such instant is craving diet coke during pregnancy.
Sadly drinking diet coke throughout pregnancy equals a strong chance the baby will develop obesity during infancy and childhood. Diet coke is essentially safe to drink during pregnancy but it provides no nutritional value contains caffeine which should be limited during pregnancy and includes artificial sweeteners the effects of which during pregnancy aren t fully understood. Pregnancy cravings can be strange and odd and at times quite unhealthy too.
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. Whether you consume soda containing sugar or artificial sweeteners the caffeine in soda can be refreshing but it can be harmful to the foetus. During pregnancy it is safe to drink one or less than one serving 1 serving 330 ml of soda or diet soda per day.
So limiting the dose is crucial. June 25 2020 2 35 pm est. But research has raised concerns about both diet soda and regular soft drinks during pregnancy.
Much as we would love otherwise we know being pregnant isn t a free pass to consume anything and everything in front of us. Drinking it during pregnancy was linked to poorer fine motor visual spatial and visual motor abilities in early childhood around age 3. Alison hill the caffeine content in diet coke is not high enough to be a threat to pregnancy.
Though a soft drink now and then may not really harm you or the baby yet there have been concerns regarding drinking sodas when pregnant. By mid childhood age 7. 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 index.