Your Pregnancy

STEER CLEAR of these 10 foods

1. UNPASTEURISED DAIRY PRODUCTS

Say goodbye to all your soft, smelly cheeses, such as brie, camembert and blue cheese – feta, too, if it hasn’t been pasteurised. That’s because unpasteurised cheeses, milk and other dairy products are more likely to grow bacteria such as listeria.

Pregnant women, as well as newborns and people with vulnerable immune systems, are more susceptible to getting infected by this nasty little germ. It can cause an illness called listeriosis, which is usually mild for you (causing flu-like symptoms), but it can harm your baby and, in

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