At the time of pregnancy a woman should follow some routine; this also includes her food habit. There are some foods in the market which may be tasty but these are not ever ideal for the health at this stage, so she should not take these foods. These foods are not safe for the health.

The Foods that Must be Avoided

The foods which are below the standards as per the safety level and without nutrients, rather life threatening are raw meat, mercury enriched sea fishes, polluted fish, smoked seafood, raw shellfish, deli meat ,soft cheese, raw eggs, unhygienic unpasteurized milk, refrigerated paste or meat. Besides these soda, ice berg lettuce, noodles, lunch at commercial places are not safe.

Why Particular Foods Should Not Be Taken

Raw meat is very much threatening food item for the pregnant women, as it is most of the time is uncooked or under cooked, and the sea food and rare quality of beef of undercooked is poisonous for the woman. It is generally the carrier of coliform bacteria, or toxoplasmosis, and salmonella. These germs can cause dangerous effects of the new born baby.

 

Mercury enriched sea fishes are very much poisonous for the babies as these may cause brain damage or neural problem of the new born babies, after the consuming the sea fishes can lead to the problem of delay of pregnancy and its development procedure successively. The fishes are sword fish, king mackerel, canned, title fish, shark.


In the market some fishes are sold out every day, the fishes are taken out from the lakes and rivers which are nearby the industrial spots, where we see the fishes come close contact of the chemicals emitted from the industrial units, in this case fish carries high level of polychlorinated biphenyls. Usually the fishes are striped bass, salmon and bluefish.


Smoked seafood is not favourable to health for the pregnant woman.  In the market the smoked sea food is sold as nova style, lox or jerky, or lox. It must be avoided for the sake of health of the mother and the baby inside; these types of foods are often infected by the listeria.


Among the seafood item is raw shellfish, many ailment caused by the raw shellfish like oysters, mussels, clams, it is often undercooked, often algae contaminated disease spreads through these foods.


Deli meat is very common food item but it should be avoided this food is infected with the listeria, which is responsible for the miscarriage among the pregnant women. This germ is very dangerous as it can penetrate the placenta and may damage the baby which turns out to be blood poisoning, if this type of meat is taken for eating out, this must be put to heat and kept until the stream comes out.


Soft cheese is not suitable food item for the pregnant women as it is often gets infected with the bacteria, name is listeria, that may cause miscarriage, that is also life threatening. 


Raw eggs must be discarded as food as it more often carries salmonella, even when the raw eggs are used for making custard or ice cream these are not healthy as food for the women. Other than these one must take caffeine in less amount and she must not take alcohol for the betterment of her baby’s life as well as her.


Carefully prepare your diet list consulting with a dietician to avoid any unwanted result.