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yourhealth.

Coffeehasprovenhealthbenefits

TTRUETFALSE

Coffeeisgenerallyconsideredsafe

formostpeopleTTRUETFALSE

Pregnantwomenandchildrenare

advisedtodrinkas much astheylike

TTRUE TFALSE

Robuststudiesshowdrinkingcoffee

doesnotincreasetheriskofheart

attackandstrokeTTRUETFALSE

Coffeedehydrates the body

TTRUET FALSE

TRUE OR FALSE?

drinksoithaslesseffectonyour
sleep,”DrBainsays. And because
caffeineis excretedinbreastmilk,
breastfeedingmothersmight want
tomoderatetheirconsumption.
Caffeinecancauseanxietyand
heartpalpitations,sopeoplewith
heartconditionsareadvisedto
moderatetheirintake,andit can
alsotriggersymptomsofirritable
bowelsyndrome(IBS). There’s
evidencethatcaffeinecancause
sleepproblems,headaches,anxiety,
fastheartbeatandgastrointestinal
problemsinchildren.That’swhy
theFoodSafetyAuthority(FSA)
recommendslimiting childrento
3mgcaffeineperdayperkgof
bodyweight. Fora 30kg 10-year-old,
this means 90mg – the amount ina
cupoffiltercoffeeortwocupsoftea.
Excessivecoffeeconsumption
hasbeenlinked to stuntedfoetus

development,sothe FSAsuggests

pregnantwomendon’thavemore

than200mgcaffeineperdayfrom

allsources–that’salittleovertwo

200mlcupsoffiltercoffeeperday.

Foralongtime,the received

wisdomwasthatcoffeeis

dehydrating, butresearchsuggests

otherwise,says DrBain.“Asmall

studyfromthe Universityof

BirminghamSchoolofSportand

ExerciseSciencessuggested that

moderatecoffeeconsumptionis

ashydratingasdrinking water.”

THEBOTTOMLINE

Doctorsandscientistsagreethat

drinkingonetofivecupsofcoffee

a dayis safeformostpeople– but

moreresearchis neededtoprove

anyactualhealthbenefits.Coffee

can haveunpleasant side effects

forsomepeople,andpregnant

womenandchildrenareadvised

tolimittheir intake.

Themostserious

claimsagainstcooffffee

havebeendebunkedby

scientific research