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Food Guide for Pregnant Women
Wondering if you really need to put your sushi and seafood days on hold? Here's the latest dish on fish: According to the Mayo Clinic, pregnant women should not consume raw or undercooked seafood or shellfish, including lox. The risk of eating raw or undercooked fish and shellfish, such as sushi, sashimi, clams, oysters, mussels, and scallops, includes exposing your baby to harmful bacteria or parasites, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Pregnant women should also avoid high-mercury fish, which tend to be bigger, such as swordfish, king mackerel, tilefish, and shark.
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Sushi isn't raw fish. Sometimes it can include raw fish in the ingredients, but it doesn't always have raw fish in it. The definition of Sushi is "cold rice wrapped in seaweed: small cakes of cold boiled rice, shaped by hand or wrapped in seaweed and topped with pieces of raw or cooked fish, vegetables, or egg" (Encarta® World English Dictionary[North American Edition] © & (P) 2009 Microsoft Corporation). Sushi is okay to eat while pregnant if it doesn't have any raw or undercooked fish in it
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