Energy Drinks When Pregnant Nhs

For example a 24 ounce energy drink may have up to 500 milligrams of caffeine.

Energy drinks when pregnant nhs.

Energy drinks often include the plant extract guarana. On average women consumed 159 mg caffeine a day during pregnancy. Therefore guarana will increase the total caffeine content in the beverage. High levels of caffeine in pregnancy can result in babies having a low birthweight which can increase the risk of health problems in later life.

Some energy drinks contain large amounts of caffeine. Energy drinks and caffeine. What policies exist to regulate the labelling distribution and sale of energy drinks. In the energy drinks that the researchers sampled they found that the drinks contained up to 30mg of guarana per 240ml.

Most of this caffeine came from tea 62 with 14 coming from coffee 12 from cola drinks 8 from chocolate 2 from soft drinks 2 from hot chocolate 1 from energy drinks under 1 from alcoholic drinks and a negligible amount from over the counter medications. This is about the same as 2 mugs of instant coffee. If you re pregnant limit the amount of caffeine you have to 200 milligrams mg a day. From 2014 these will be labelled with high caffeine content.

This extract contains caffeine and 1g of guarana is equivalent to 40mg of caffeine. Since 2004 energy drinks that contain at least 150mg l of caffeine have enforced additional caffeine labelling under european regulations. Energy drinks can be sold in all eu member states. Because we don t know a lot about all the ingredients.