Moderate drink ‘no link to harm’ (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Moderate drink ‘no link to harm’
2:22pm Friday 22nd June 2012 in Health
Drinking a low or moderate level of alcohol in early pregnancy is not linked to developmental problems in five-year-olds, researchers say.
The Danish research, published in the BJOG journal, suggested one to eight drinks a week was not linked to harm.
In Denmark a standard drink has 12g of alcohol, compared with the UK's 7.9g.
UK pregnant women are advised not to drink, but experts say those who do should have no more than one or two units, once or twice a week.
Heavy drinking during pregnancy is known to be linked to miscarriage, foetal alcohol syndrome and low birth weight.
