thread: Food to avoid - yet another question??

  1. #1
    Registered User

    Oct 2007
    Blacktown, Sydney
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    Food to avoid - yet another question??

    Hey all!

    I picked up a great link to the NSW Food Authority from another thread

    (Pregnancy and food safety | NSW Food Authority) for those who missed it

    and their information is fantastic, however i noticed that they had a paragraph on pregnant women not eating sprouts - inc soybeans cooked or raw.

    Now my question, as a huge soy-sauce-on-rice-daily fan, is, is this sauce as bad as the sprout itself and should i avoid eating my beloved sauce? And is it likely that over the past few weeks I've unknowingly hurt my bump by eating all these wrong foods? I've only today.

  2. #2
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    Jan 2008
    In a land of bubbles and trouble
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    I am guessing - but I would think soy sauce is fine - just watch the high salt content for fluid retention etc .....

    I love soy too

  3. #3
    Platinum Member. Love a friend xxx

    Jan 2008
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    Congrats n ur BFP. first off

    and second of i was bad in my 1st pregnancy lol i ate everything i was told not too....damn cravings. just watch the salt in it

  4. #4
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    Apr 2007
    Somewhere here and there.....
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    Congrats on your BFP. Im not 100 % about food but i think you will be ok. If your not sure give your local health care clinic a ring.

  5. #5
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    Jan 2008
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    u can do a google search but i know they said avoid cheese

  6. #6
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    Sep 2005
    In the middle of nowhere
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    nah mate, It's just the sprouts themselves. In those packets they come in they can harbour nasty bacteria.
    The sauce is fine.

  7. #7
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    Mar 2005
    Sydney, NSW
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    Go for the soy, but maybe switch to Tamari, the low salt version! xo

  8. #8
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    Oct 2007
    Blacktown, Sydney
    35

    Hey - Thanks all!

    I've found out it's okay to have Soy Sauce, but in small amounts as the salt content can be high! So i'm down to every second day and smaller amounts

    Thanks again all!