Commentary: The list of foods banned during pregnancy is absurd. Humans are horrible at assessing risk
by Jim Sollisch, Los Angeles Times
Apr 26, 2022
2 minutes
My daughter Zoey is pregnant. I had her over for brunch. I served fresh-squeezed OJ. And her favorite, lox and bagels with cream cheese.
Stop me, if you’ve heard this one, but she politely told me that the lox was verboten, as was the fresh-squeezed OJ — risk of listeria. Cream cheese was OK as long as it was pasteurized.
“Your grandmother had lox and bagels every Sunday while she
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