What foods to avoid?

[luckylady]

Is there a link anywhere on here as to what food I should not be eating..and maybe foods I should be eating more.

I thought I could eat cottage cheese..but the doctor said I cant.

Any advice appreciated

Thanks!!

Lxx

 

[Vicki83]

http://www.webmd.com/baby/features/food ... e-pregnant

 

[ShineyHappyPeople]

Is there a link anywhere on here as to what food I should not be eating..and maybe foods I should be eating more.

I thought I could eat cottage cheese..but the doctor said I cant.

Any advice appreciated

Thanks!!

Lxx

eh? cottage cheese is fine! its only non pasterised cheeses that you can't eat like brie / stelton / blue veined cheeses because they can easily breed bacteria so creamed cheeses like cottage cheese / philadelphia are ok.

Check this out:

Cheeses which are SAFE to eat in pregnancy

Hard cheeses:
Austrian smoked, Babybel, Caerphilly, Cheddar, Cheshire, Derby, Double Gloucester, Edam, Emmental, English goat's cheddar, feta, Gouda, Gruyere, Halloumi, Havarti, Jarlsberg, Lancashire, Manchego, Orkney, paneer, Parmesan, Pecorino (hard), Provolone, Red Leicester.

Soft and processed cheeses:
Boursin, cottage cheese, cream cheese, feta, goat's cheese without a white rind, mascarpone, mozzarella, Philadelphia, processed cheese (such as cheese spread), Quark, ricotta.

Yoghurts (all varieties), probiotic drinks, fromage frais, soured cream and crème fraîche - any variety, including natural, flavoured and biologically active - are all safe to eat.

Cheeses to AVOID in pregnancy

Mould-ripened soft cheeses:
Brie, Blue Brie, Cambozola, Camembert, Chaumes, chèvre (goats cheese with a white rind), Pont L'Eveque, Taleggio, Vacherin-Fribourgeois

Blue-veined cheeses:
Bergader, Bleu d'Auvergne, Blue Wensleydale, Shropshire Blue, Danish Blue, Dolcelatte, Gorgonzola, Roncal, Roquefort, Stilton, tomme, Wensleydale (blue).

Soft, unpasteurised cheese, including goat and sheep's cheeses:
Chabichou, Pyramide, Torta del Cesar.