Coffee is the most consumed beverage in the world today. In recent years, the number of people drinking coffee in our country has been increasing. Many female entrepreneurs, businesswomen, public relations professionals, and fashionable women, due to work and social needs, are also fond of drinking coffee. However, medical experts believe that women should not drink too much coffee. So, what are the effects of excessive coffee consumption on women's health?
1. Increased risk of infertility
Researchers have found that women who drink one cup of coffee a day are more likely to suffer from infertility than those who do not. Relevant experts once surveyed 104 women with a habit of drinking coffee, of whom about 50 had difficulty conceiving. Some fertility experts believe this is a small-scale study that cannot finally confirm the specific effect of coffee on fertility. However, researchers emphasize that if the cause of infertility cannot be explained medically, it should be considered related to caffeine. 2. Increased risk of heart attack
Medical researchers from the Boston University School of Public Health conducted a 4-year study on 858 women who had their first heart attack between the ages of 45 and 69, and 858 women who had never had a heart attack. The results showed that drinking five or more cups of coffee a day could increase a woman's risk of heart attack by 70%, and the risk increased with the amount of coffee consumed. 3. Easy to cause osteoporosis
Researchers at the University of California investigated 980 elderly women aged 50 to 98. The results found that elderly women who drank more than 2 cups of coffee daily for a long time without drinking milk, regardless of their age or degree of obesity, had reduced bone density in their hip bones and spines. The extent of reduction was related to the duration of the habit and the amount consumed. This is because caffeine can bind with free calcium in the body and excrete it through urine. The reduction of free calcium inevitably leads to the decomposition of bound calcium, leading to osteoporosis.
4. Drinking coffee during pregnancy is harmful to the fetus
As early as the early 1980s, Dr. Collins of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration discovered in an experiment that when pregnant mice were fed the equivalent of 12-24 cups of strong coffee for an adult daily, they gave birth to deformed mice. Therefore, the researchers, in the name of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, warned pregnant women: they should stop drinking coffee. 5. Pregnancy-induced hypertension
This is a disease unique to pregnant women, characterized by edema, high blood pressure, and proteinuria. If not prevented and treated in time, it can endanger the safety of both mother and fetus. According to a study in Australia, drinking just a few cups of coffee a day can raise blood pressure. Therefore, pregnant women should not drink coffee. 6. Easy to cause diabetes
Researchers in Finland and the United States found through survey and analysis that these two countries are the largest consumers of coffee, and as a result, they also have the highest number of people with diabetes. Finland has the highest coffee consumption in the world and also the highest number of diabetic patients. Other Nordic countries also have high coffee consumption and a high number of diabetic patients. In contrast, the Japanese have the lowest coffee consumption in the world and the fewest diabetic patients. Researchers believe that the caffeine in coffee beverages can pass through the pancreas and deposit in fetal tissues, especially the liver and brain of the fetus, which may cause the baby to develop diabetes after birth.
In addition, for both men and women, drinking coffee can increase the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure, and can also lead to addiction.
Therefore, for better birth outcomes and disease prevention and health care, women should not drink coffee for long periods or in excessive amounts.