There always seems to be so much confusion surrounding foods we can and can’t eat during pregnancy. So I have compiled a simple list for you to quickly refer to.
Foods to avoid during pregnancy:
- Completely avoid alcohol
- Foods containing caffeine
- Herbals teas to avoid are St John’s Wort, Don Quai, Ginseng, Yarrow ,Pennyroyal (known to cause miscarriage) Ephedra and Licorice Root
- Coke and colas
- Unpasteurized JUICE or cider (including fresh squeezed)
- Mercury heavy fish such as swordfish, marlin or shark
- Uncooked seafood, raw shellfish and sushi
- Don’t eat more than two portions of oily fish a week
- Smoked seafoods
- Unparsturised dairy products
- Raw or undercooked eggs
- Liver or liver products such as liver pâté
- Cured and deli meats
- Chicken wings as this is believed to be where they inject the chickens to stimulate fast growth
- Uncooked eggs, to include hollandaise sauce, caesar dressing and mayonnaise
- All soy products to include tofu, soy milk, soy yoghurt.
- Brie, Feta, Camembert, blue varieties of cheese like Stilton or Danish blue.
- Raw or undercooked sprouting beans such as alfalfa, clover, mung bean and radish
- Salads that are made in a store, such as ham salad, chicken salad, and seafood salad.
- Raw cookie dough and cake batter
- Soft ice-cream
- Licorice
- Avoid dates, papaya, pineapple, asafetida and mangoes in the initial stages of pregnancy
- Unwashed fruit and vegetables
- Canned foods
- Sugar rich foods
- Artificial sweetners
- Nitrate-rich foods
- Not too much Vitamin A!
- Excess vitamins
