During your pregnancy, if you eat a varied and balanced diet, your baby will have all it needs to be healthy. Here are some helpful tips for developing good eating habits.

Off - Limits

Dairy Products

• Raw (unpasteurised) milk cheese (e.g. French brie, camembert, roquefort, Swiss gruyere)
• Commercial grated cheese (e.g. tasty mozzarella)

Fish & Fish Eggs

• Smoked Fish (smoked salmon, etc.)
• Raw fish (sushi, carpaccio, ceviche)
• Surimi (imitation crab)
• Taramasalata, lumpfish roe, caviar
• Stingray, shark (flake), swordfish

Shellfish & Crustaceans

• Raw Shellfish (oysters scallop crudo, etc.)
• Raw crustaceans (prawn tatare, etc.)

Meat

• Smoked and dried meats and products (raw ham, salami, etc.)
• Meats and dishes slow-cooked at low temperatures (rillettes, pates, foie gras, etc.)
• Raw or marinated meats and dishes (carpaccio, steak tartare, rate duck breast, etc.)
• Liver (calf's liver etc.)

Eggs

• Raw eggs an dishes containing raw eggs (home-made mayonnaise, home-made ice cream, home-made chocolate mousse, etc.)
• Semi-cooked eggs and dishes that contain them (e.g. soft-boiled eggs, chocolate lava cakes)

Drinks

• Alcohol (in drinks, but also in dishes such as flambeed crepes, baked Alaska, rum baba)
• Energy drinks

Allowed

Dairy Products

• Pasteurised milk cheeses (check on the packaging): feta, mozzarella, gouda, havarti, cream cheeses
• Medium-hard to hard cheeses: parmesan, pecorino, comte (French gruyere), emmental
• Cooked (not just melted) cheeses

Fish

• Tinned tuna, salmon, ocean trout, trout, flounder, herring, mackerel, hake (cooked)

Meat

• Cooked meats (cooked ham, sausages, meat in general)

Eggs

• Egg products (e.g. mass produced ice cream, mass-produced chocolate mousse)
• Cooked eggs and dishes that contain them (hard-boiled eggs, quiche, cakes, etc.)

Fruits & Vegetables

• Cooked vegetables
• Cooked fruits

Eat in Moderation

Fish

• Orange roughly (deep sea perch) catfish, bonito, eel, mullet, skate, tuna (cooked)
• Cooked shellfish (mussels, oysters, etc.)
• Cooked crustaceans (prawns, crab, etc.)
• Cooked smoked fish

Meat

• Offal (except liver)

Fruits & Vegetables

• Raw vegetables
• Herbs
• Raw fruit
• Soy

Drinks

• Sparkling water
• Tea, coffee
• Herbal teas
• Sodas and soft drinks

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