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Someone just told me that eating Wasabi in the first trimester can cause brain damage? I have never heard such a thing! Is this true?
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how about deli meats, i am 13weeks pregnant and i did know that unpasturized cheeses were not safe to eat, But i didnt know so much about deli meat, i actually havent eaten anything from the deli, Until Yesterday i had a slice of Salami, do you think that is going to be something to worry about, it was just a small slice, and now that i know this i wont eat it again, im not big on cold cuts anyways. but i was a lil concerned when i was told this today. should i be?
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I'm scared because I just heard this lady on the radio saying that her son is autistic and that she ate tuna throughout her pregnancy and that is supposed to be one of the risks of eating tuna while pregnant. Now I know we're talking about sushi/sashimi, which I have been indulging in from time to time and I'm 26 weeks. I'm just a lil nervous and I've stopped eating it. :-(
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- The Japanese Ministry of Health's concern with sushi and pregnancy is regarding mercury levels. Over thousands of years of eating sushi, Japanese people tend to have higher levels of mercury in their bodies, and the Ministry wants to protect future generations of Japanese people.
- The Western concern with sushi and pregnancy seems to be regarding parasites and other potentially harmful attributes of fish and/or raw food.
I've perused similar boards to this one in Japanese and the general consensus on those boards is that most sushi is fine during pregnancy. A handful of fish types are singled out to eat in moderation, but most Westerners don't eat those types anyway (e.g. porpoise, shark, swordfish, certain types of large tuna. I could never imagine eating porpoise!)
The parasite concern is a different one entirely and, in my opinion, is very subjective. You can hurt your health if you eat bad sushi, regardless of being pregnant or not. But at the same time, why risk hurting your baby if you don't really have to?
Bottom line, for me anyway, is not to beat yourself up if you eat sushi during your pregnancy. Stress and anxiety is possibly the worst thing you pa__s on to your growing baby, isn't it?
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I think this sushi and listeria stuff is getting out of hand. Americans are so paranoid. Sure, the chance of contracting listeria are 20% greater during pregnancy. HOWEVER, the CDC states 2,500 people in the US contract listeria per year. Given the that US population is about 298,444,215, that means THE ODDS OF CONTRACTING LISTERIA ARE .0008%. Even if the odds increase by 20% when one is pregnant, it is still very low. I'm 6 weeks pregnant and plan to eat raw sushi. I'll just do it from reputable places (which I normally go to) and avoid fish high in mercury, such as yellowtail, toro & mackeral.
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I got food poisoning from eating guacomole at a reputable Mexican restaurant, while pregnant. You can get food poisoning anywhere. I would say eat in moderation but beware of anything that is premade. Everything needs to be made fresh. It's the premade stuff that gives the organisms a chance to grow/multiple.
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winniegirl34, you posted a long time ago so I hope that your pregnancy went well and that your baby was born healthy. What you posted, though, shows an unfortunate ignorance of how the listeria bacteria works. Moderation will not save you from listeria. Listeria does not have a compounding effect (that is, you don't have to eat lots of contaminated smoked salmon in order to get it, all you have to do is eat one piece of contaminated smoked salmon to get it).
Pregnant women are 20+ times more likely to become ill because of listeria, so just because you've eaten smoked salmon, bleu cheese and undercooked eggs in the past without getting sick doesn't mean that you won't get sick now.
Remember, just *one* piece of contaminated smoked salmon is all it takes. If you get listeria early in your pregnancy it will cause you to miscarry. If you get it later, your baby has a one-in-two chance of being stillborn or dying shortly after birth. It's not worth it just because you are craving eggs over easy or bagels and lox.
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When I visited Japan I did not see a large sushi presence in the food. Most restaurants were tapas-style with lots of different cooked choices, salads, noodles, etc. When I went for dinners with Japanese, we ate this type of stuff and only ordered sashimi once as a side. Just wanted to share my experience that raw fish I feel in NYC and California is every bit if not even more popular than in the Japan that I saw.
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For 3 months I listened to every woman I know spewing out things that I'm not supposed to have. Soft cheeses, lunch meats, soft-serve ice cream, raw fish. I asked my doctor, and she basically said that people are full of it. She said that soft cheeses and lunch meats are all right, soft-serve ice cream was something she'd never even heard of any problems with, and that I could eat sushi at reputable places as long as it was a part of my regular diet before I was pregnant. Don't let the wealth of unqualified information on the internet scare you. My doctor said that she's more concerned about me not having gained weight at 15 weeks than she is about what I eat, so she said to just EAT.
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tsipora - I applaud you -finally someone who has got it right! As far as weight gain goes - if you're ultrasound looks good and the baby is measuring good for age you are fine - I have only only gained 4 pounds but I was overweight before - so sometimes women just don't gain until end of 2nd trimester and 3rd I am sure you will catch up then - don't worry - I know a lot of skinny girls who haven't gained alot much at all if you are lucky enough to be in that category!
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I have been told by my mid-wife that raw sushi is fine as long as it has been frozen first. According to most FDA laws in the US...restaurants are required to freeze all fish prior to serving. I am still staying away from the raw....just because I can deal with it...but I have been enjoying eel and soft crab rolls...which are delicious...
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well to me sushi is fine but i have read that you shouldnt in case of listeria. i have been eating sushi everyday for the past 2 weeks, i also did that in my last pregnancy and baby turn out fine, very smart baby as well! i just make sure that it is maded fresh using fresh fish, and its been handle properly during making (gloves on). if you make it yourself its better cos you know its fresh. plus theres heaps and heaps of sushi that doesnt contain raw fish. just stay away from the tuna rolls. like Lauren said japanese women eat sushi all the time and their babies come out fine. but this is what i believe, i know everyone have diff ideas on this issue. Tien
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