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Hi Kris, It is possible that starchy and sugary food gets fermented in your body and will produce alcohol. Note : this will not happen to everyone. So a small percentage of the baby's whose mother is eating a lot of sugar (and starchy food) are exposed to alcohol. To my opinion this amount of alcohol is too low to make a baby really addicted. But there might be a couple of cases in witch this happens. To answer your second question, yes baby's can be born addicted to caffeine. As caffeine can pass the blood-brain barrier it will also pas the placenta (mother vs. baby) barrier, and can therefore induce habituation and dependence. So it is wise to moderate the intake of this kind of substances when you are pregnant. Greetings Dave
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