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What Will Happen If I Drink Caffeine While Pregnancy?
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The American Medical Association Council on Scientific Affairs states that moderate tea or coffee drinking likely has no negative effect on health, as long as you live an otherwise healthy lifestyle.
- Three 8 oz. cups of coffee (about 250 milligrams of caffeine) per day and 5 servings of caffeinated soft drinks or tea is considered an average or moderate amount of caffeine.
- Ten 8 oz. cups of coffee per day is considered excessive intake of caffeine.
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