Need advice: what foods or ingredients to avoid during pregnancy.

[marussya]

Priviet everyone,

My girlfriend is now pregnant and we wonder about what people here consider harmful to a foetus. I recommanded her to avoid sweetners and raw milk products.

I would appreciate any input on this matter, and any other suggestions or thoughts.

(Please respond in english...)

[domovushka]

Priviet everyone,

My girlfriend is now pregnant and we wonder about what people here consider harmful to a foetus. I recommanded her to avoid sweetners and raw milk products.

I would appreciate any input on this matter, and any other suggestions or thoughts.

(Please respond in english...)

any uncooked meet/fish/eggs, avoid oysters, sushi

[domovushka]

Raw meat such as sushi, seafood, rare or uncooked beef, or poultry because of the risk of contamination with coliform bacteria, toxoplasmosis, and salmonella.
Raw eggs, or foods containing raw egg such as Caesar dressing, mayonnaise, homemade ice cream or custard, unpasteurized eggnog, or Hollandaise sauce because raw eggs may be contaminated with salmonella.

[domovushka]

Soft cheese such as blue cheese, feta, Brie, Camambert, and Latin-American soft white cheeses such as queso blanco and queso fresco because they may harbor harmful bacteria.
Fish containing accumulated levels of mercury in their fatty tissues such as shark, swordfish, king mackerel, tilefish. When a pregnant woman consumes large amounts of mercury, her baby may suffer brain damage resulting in developmental delays (for example, delays in learning to walk or talk).

[domovushka]

deli meats have led to outbreaks of a form of food poisoning called Listeriosis, that is particularly harmful to fetuses

[domovushka]

Minimize the amount of liver you eat. According to the March of Dimes, animal liver contains very high levels of vitamin A. While vitamin A is good for you, women who consume too much may risk a higher incidence of birth defects in their babies (however, studies are not conclusive).

[КошЫчка]

the most common products to avoid during pregnancy are soft or non-pasteurized cheeses, mercury containing fish and uncooked foods such as sushi and rare cooked meats. Also, have her try and stay away from the seafood since it may be contaminated with bacteria more then any other products.

[easy]

Marussya!
Congratulations!:leader:

[ALitman]

artificial drinks like coke, pepsi, etc.
junk food with high level of cholesterol
food containing artificial ingredients: sweeteners, food grade dyes, etc.
it is also recommended to avoid spicy and fat food.

[marussya]

Thank you all!

All your advice is helpful. It was clear to me that unpasteurized milk products (including cheeses) could be harmful.

I wanted to know what you thought about Splenda and other sweetners. Would you agree with me that they are bad, or that, given the science about them, that they should be avoided?