Posted on 10/20/2015 1:09:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A half a beer or a small glass of wine should not be a problem.
The bigger problem is a continuous diet of high salt fast food diet with minimal protein.
That and cage-match kick-boxing bouts.
First, there are no FReepers that will argue that, so name names if you are going to insult people. Second, anyone who posts on Free Republic is not necessarily a FReeper.
Where did you get that dumb idea?
I had a whole list of drugs I could not take, foods I should avoid and teas I should not drink.
Eating bread is biblical as well but if you eat rye bread that has ergot in it you will end up either aborting or having a deformed child.
Kids in the womb can be harmed by a long list of things.
Wrong. The report doesn't "prove" anything. It just shows a consensus of pediatricians say they don't have proof about small amounts of alcohol, but hey, better safe than sorry, so we recommend none. Prudent, but not proof.
Where did you get that information for your incoherent post?
Any chemical you take into your body affects your unborn child, but I’d humbly submit that a glass of wine with dinner or a beer after work is not going to harm your child.
And probably all of our parents (if you’re over 40) smoked like chimneys and we somehow managed to survive.
Note that they don’t seem to mention pot, which is much more powerful but is politically correct.
I wonder if the conclusion was decided prior to the study? I don’t really find AAP a totally trustworthy group anymore. Common sense tells me we would be seeing a lot more damage from fetal alcohol in those populations whose moms were pregnant during eras when drinking in moderation was not frowned upon or outright forbidden.
The same group released their findings recommending only one egg a week, the use of margarine over butter and the definitive role that cholesterol plays in a healthy diet
“First, there are no FReepers that will argue that:”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1554639/posts
What did they drink back in the day when beer or wine was the only safe thing to drink?!? Most civilizations relied on weak forms of beer rather than water.
While pregnant I went to 3 Dodgers’ games and had 1 beer at each.
A sister-in-law of mine was a flat out drunk, just could not leave the stuff alone. Stayed totally plastered during a pregnancy, lost the kid. Just kept on sucking up the devil’s juice, only she showed extreme hatred and contempt for just about everyone. She never visits the kids grave. Just sad.
She quit drinking about 30 years after losing the child, got religion and still hates people.
The debate is over? Try telling that to a professional alcoholic. They will argue with you all day long.
“The new study states that alcohol can alter an unborn baby’s brain function,”
That statement does not say anything about quantity. Show me the study that proves a couple drinks while pregnant has an effect... Oh there isn’t one? So the premise of this piece is pure extrapolation and supposition. Might as well say XYZ is bad for you so NO AMOUNT of it is safe. Which is flat out false for most things.
The study should concentrate on how much alcohol does it take to get a woman pregnant....
Islam proves not drinking doesn’t make you or your kids smarter
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