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Food safety during pregnancy

Written by Debojit   
Thursday, 31 May 2007
What you need to know:
Not all foods are safe for pregnant women. Some contain high levels of chemicals that can affect your baby’s development. Others put you at risk for getting an infection that can hurt your baby.

What you can do:
Use colloquial complex when preparing and selecting foods. Avoid the following:

* Swordfish, shark, mogul mackerel and asphalt fish. These fish can cover potentially thorny levels of mercury. Mercury can be transferred to the advancement fetus and generate steadfast health problems. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a pregnant woman can safely eat up to 12 ounces (two average meals) a week of a variety of fish and shellfish that are low in mercury. These include shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, pollock and catfish. But you should eat no more than 6 ounces of canned albacore (white) tuna per week. Canned white tuna has more mercury than canned light tuna. For the same reason, eat no more than 6 ounces of tuna steak per week. Also avoid game fish until you check its safety with your local health department. (A game fish is any fish caught for sport, such as trout, salmon or bass.)

* Raw fish, especially shellfish (oysters, clams)
* Undercooked meat, poultry and seafood. Cook all of them entirely to annihilate bacteria.
* Do not eat vulnerable dogs or bust meats. Examples are deli meats corresponding as ham, turkey, salami and bologna. If you obtain eat these foods, reheat them until broiling hot.
* Refrigerated pates or fare spreads. Canned versions are safe. * Refrigerated smoked seafood unless it has   been cooked (as in a casserole). Canned versions are safe. * Soft-scrambled eggs and all foods specious with crisp or lightly cooked eggs
* Soft cheeses imaginary with unpasteurized milk. Examples are Brie, feta, Camembert, Roquefort, blue-veined, queso blanco, queso fresco and Panela. Check the address to dream of what benign of milk was used to set up the cheese.
* Unpasteurized milk and allotment foods specious from it
* Unpasteurized juices
* Raw vegetable sprouts, including alfalfa, clover, radish and mung bean
* Herbal supplements and teas

Also end not eat strikingly supremely liver. It contains feverish amounts of vitamin A, which can begin to outset defects.

Some studies testify to that your nipper may be at added bet of buildup a groceries allergy in next life if you, your partner or a family member has a food allergy. You may wish to consult a food allergy specialist for help in planning your diet during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

 
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