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Kathy Dettwyler wrote:
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> I know the archive discussions say there's no reason not to eat sushi when
> pregnant or nursing. But isn't this a sweeping generalization? Not being
> a fish eater myself, I still know enough about sushi to know that there is
> sushi and then there is sushi. In other words, not all sushi is created
> equal. I wouldn't eat sushi made from raw fish if I had a young child
> (nursing or not) simply because of the risk of getting food poisoning from
> raw fish. I also wouldn't eat raw eggs (as in an eggnog, or raw cookie
> dough). A mother of an infant or young child doesn't need to be puking her
> guts out from food poisoning.
I have just come back from a visit to my OB (that fun postnatal check
up) and on the door there is a list of foods to avoid eating during
pregnancy, because of the risk of listeriosis, and sushi is listed among
them.
Gitte
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