Doctor Advises Pregnant Women To Stop Taking Bread, Tea

• Doctor Advises Pregnant Women To Stop Taking Too Much Bread, Tea

Popular Twitter, UK based Nigerian doctor, Dr. Olufunmilayo, has advised pregnant women to stop taking bread and tea.

The doctor in a series of tweets gave reasons why pregnant women should avoid that particular meal.

The tweet read, “If you are pregnant Taking a lot of bread and tea may be harmful for you Too much bread and tea together makes it hard for your body to absorb iron. Iron deficiency in pregnancy can cause: •Tiny baby •Premature delivery •Baby dead before/after delivery. RT pls. Save a life”

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“Pregnancy on its own causes low blood levels for many women. Some of these women are placed on iron tablets to boost their blood levels. Now tea/coffee are known to make it difficult for the body to absorb iron.

And when taken with something like bread; the impact is worse. The advice is usually if you can: •Cut down on too much bread and tea together especially if pregnant and you have low iron or you are on iron tablets. •If you must have tea/coffee/bread, give yourself some hours before/after taking iron tablets. I hope this helps. Thank you.”