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Researchers Say Caffeine May Cause Infertility
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Caffeine or baby, caffeine or baby? Credit: Getty Images
MSNBC reports researchers have discovered caffeine reduces activity of the muscles in the fallopian tubes, which carry a woman's eggs from her ovaries to her womb.
The result? No babies.
"Caffeine inhibits the contractions of the muscles in the fallopian tube, so the egg stops getting transported," lead researcher Sean Ward of the University of Nevada School of Medicine tells MSNBC.
If the eggs aren't delivered to the womb, a woman will either have an unsuccessful pregnancy or be at risk for an ectopic pregnancy (when the embryo gets stuck and develops in the woman's fallopian tube), he adds.
MSNBC reports researchers studied the effect of caffeine on the fallopian tubes of mice, who have reproductive systems similar to humans. (That explains why Mickey and Minnie Mouse have been together for 83 years but don't have any children.)
Ward tells MSNBC the mice got the amount of caffeine equivalent to a couple of cups of coffee. Still, much more research is needed to determine how much caffeine is necessary to impair fertility in humans, he adds.
Caffeine affects everybody in different ways, and therefore may affect people's fertility differently, Ward tells the network.
"It depends on the person -- how long caffeine affects you, and then the downstream effects as well," he says.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 2)
5-31-2011 @ 12:52PM
Murigen said...Caffeine may make you infertile....LOL
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5-31-2011 @ 4:01PM
EAL said...Thank God it's not the Baileys Irish Cream I put in my coffee.
5-31-2011 @ 1:00PM
Kookie said...Oh please!!! I am a 3+ cups of coffee drinker and I've had 2 sets of twins...naturally!!!!!
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5-31-2011 @ 1:12PM
T Vernon said...less than a week ago they posted that 2 cups a day helps fight prostate cancer................
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5-31-2011 @ 1:24PM
Missy said...Was someone bored when they wrote this article? From infancy, had coffee in my baby bottle - I have 3 wonderful kids, never once had problems conceiving. Nor have any of my friends and they are all caffeine junkies.
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5-31-2011 @ 1:29PM
Lucy said...My mother MAINLINES black coffee (and dark chocolate) and she had three children back in the "old days" when they did not worry about everything. She is now over eighty, still works, and wears a size four.
I say, stick to your coffee and chocolate!
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5-31-2011 @ 1:38PM
Angiebaby said...Why can't we Americans just drink coffee in peace like the rest of the free world? Drinking coffee - the ritual, the tradition, the enjoyment, the social aspect - is embraced by most of the world. And the coffee in other contries is usually stronger than ours. (Except for England, maybe.) But the people and governments in those countries don't try to make java drinkers feel guilty, or scare the living sh*t out of them for drinking coffee, or produce contrary "research" results which on week say coffee is good for us, and the next, it prevents pregnancy and causes insanity.
Here's the only right advice we need: 1. If you want to drink coffee, drink coffee. If you don't want to drink coffee, then don't. But drinking coffee with a yoke of guilt and fear around your neck will cause alot worse than anything these stupid studies will ever show. 2. All things in moderation. If you have to work until 4 am to finish a deadline, then keep the pot full and hot. If you need to get some sleep before a 7 am meeting, don't drink coffee before bed. 3. Use some common sense and always think for yourself, like, if your baby is born with the biggest cowlick on God's green earth, it's not because you drank coffee while you were pregnant.
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5-31-2011 @ 3:27PM
JEREMY said...Angiebaby,You just made me fall in love with you.
5-31-2011 @ 1:57PM
Gov111w said...Does trhat mean if I have coffee before and after the act I can eliminate condums ??
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5-31-2011 @ 4:03PM
Paula said...First you have to learn how to spell CONDOM
5-31-2011 @ 2:19PM
lyndachristelle said...Ha!! Love my CoCa Cola (now Diet Coke) and I have 3 strong kids: 21,17, and 16.....
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5-31-2011 @ 2:47PM
dickn2000 said...Two comments: 1. Why is it that countries with some of the highest birth rates are also countries that have heavy coffee drinkers...I'm thinking of Mexico, Brazil, Argentina?
2. If this is true, put more coffee in the welfare food.
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5-31-2011 @ 2:38PM
john said...It "May" cause infertility? And it may not? What is wrong with these people making articles all the time about coffee. One article will say that coffee is good for you while the next will say that it's bad for you. The bottom line here is this. There cannot be one person left on the planet that actually gives a crap one way or another and we all know it. So why even waste our time? Why am I even writing this comme
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5-31-2011 @ 2:36PM
Roberta said...Another crock of crap. Anything and everything these days either going to cause cancer or make you infertile. Give it a rest. Eat,drink and enjoy life.
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5-31-2011 @ 3:16PM
Aquilus said...mice aren't humans!!!! why the bloody hell do they test on animals when they know damn well that humans are different...it's just stupid. everyone in my family is a coffee drinker and none of the women ever had trouble reproducing. just about every woman in america drinks coffee and i don't see the birth rates declining. this study is just another example of junk science performed on animals to scare humans.
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5-31-2011 @ 3:43PM
Dave said...Bull.....I am a 58yr old male and have been drinking coffee for 43 yrs and Ill be perfectly honest, I drink on an average of 4 pots a day. I drink from the time I get up at 5am to the time I go to bed at midnight. And believe me I have fathered 5 children so.....Im not infertile from drinking coffee.
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5-31-2011 @ 4:01PM
SkyBlue said...How does caffeine affect fertility in men? It would be nice if drinking just a couple of cups of coffee or a couple of colas a day could eliminate the need for other forms of birth control.
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5-31-2011 @ 4:09PM
SoYubaHippie said...Great news! Now let's serve extra strong coffee at the Republican National Convention.
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5-31-2011 @ 4:11PM
Melissa said...surprise surprise.... caffine is bad for you.... again.... not to worry though in a month it will be good for you again...
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5-31-2011 @ 6:05PM
Lynne said...Well, they just keep coming up with more s**t. I'll agree caffine racing through the blood supply probably isn't the most healthful thing for a developing embryo but to say it makes you infertile is stupid.
Give a researcher a rat and he can prove anything.
Just like smoking and I'm not a smoker.
You know how the second hand smoke crap evolved into a rat getting lung cancer? They put it in a cage (no escape, right?) and puffed smoke in it's face constantly.Then they deduced second hand smoke brought about illness.
OMG! Insanity with a college degree.
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