The truth about pregnant alcohol consumption

A new study breaks with decades of scientific and cultural consensus.


How much alcohol can youreally Drink during pregnancy?

The official answer: none. No matter what you have heard from your friends and family (and other pregnant women) over the years,These are the definitive advice of science for pregnant women who would like to engage in a glass or two of their favorite drinks (usually wine, of course). Everyone of theAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologiststo theInternational Alliance for Responsible Consumption to theAmerican pediatric academy is in agreement. In fact, the official position of the CDC on the issue is summarized in this Declaration: "There is no safe quantity of alcohol to drink during pregnancy."

Well, it seems like it can change.

According to one newto studyinBMJ Open, havingsomeAlcohol is actually correct: the apparent "safe" alcohol "that you can consume during pregnancy arrives at 32 grams each week or about two drinks. This will probably be welcomed the news of the mothers and aspiring mothers around the world - for a CDC 2015investigation10.1% of pregnant women between 18 and 44 years old, admit to drinking alcohol during pregnancy. (Meanwhile, in the same survey, 3.1% of women reported a drinking of mud-refueling during pregnancy; it is enough to say that it certainly does not.)

Researchers at the University of Bristol paid thousands of studies on the relationship between pregnant women and alcohol over the last 65 years. Out of these studies, a simple adjustment of their specific criteria: research that appeared specifically in pregnant women consuming small amounts of alcohol - one to most of the four alcoholic beverages per week. (Much research has been carried out on the link between pregnancy and the consumption of moderate alcohol to high, but the scientific community has not reached a consensus on the relationship specifically withmillalcohol consumption. As such, it is one of the first major studies of the kind.)

"These were all representative studies on pregnant women or women who are trying to conceive who reported on their alcohol consumption before the baby's birth," saidLoubaba Mamluk, PhD, who directed the study. They found a lack of clear evidence indicating that low alcohol consumption has led to a harmful impact on pregnancy or childbirth.

These results align with two high level studies of the last decade. In 2010, apaperpublished in theJournal of epidemiology and community healthFound that when a mother has maintained one or two drinks a week, her children have not exposed to an increased risk of behavior of cognitive problems - a sign of fetal alcohol syndrome - 5 years. Then, in 2013, anotherBMJ Opento studyHe showed that, by 10, the children of mothers lightly drinking were not less balanced than the children of moms who did not drink - another sign of the negative repercussions of the pregnant pan.

In short, if you had a glass of wine before knowing that you were pregnant - or if you slipped at any time during pregnancy - there is no reason for you. And this is saved with science. But always, at the end of the day, there is one thingeveryone Can agree on: If you are pregnant, do not bother drinking. (And even if you are not pregnant, you should probably avoid drinking frenzy. If you are worried about it, here's howKnow how your bozing affects your health.)

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