[Nut]

Meats - Listeria is one of the only bacteria that thrives in the fridge and will grow faster in acold environment. The recommendation is to only eat meat HOT. Suggests that home cooked cold meats is not a go. You can cook it, cool it quickly in the fridge for a few minutes and then eat it, but should not eat it after it's been sitting for a while, refrigerated or not.

Soy - There are suggestions that soy is not a good option for anyone. It supposedly has a property that is close to oestrogen and can have negative hormonal effects.

Have you tried Zymil? It's sweeter than normal cows milk. Otherwise there is rice milk or goats milk. Maybe try some of the other options if you wish to avoid soy.

Beans/sprouts etc - I am not 100% sure but I was told by a nutritonist to avoid packaged salad products, even just bags of loose lettuce. I expect it's for the same reason.

[Miss Kitty-Cat]

Interesting article:

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/home-cook-fined-...0502-1e57p.html

Shows you do have to be careful.

[Mom135]

Excellent info, thanks

[porkchop's mama]

My first decaf skim cauppucino with only 1 tsp of raw sugar is not going down well.

It's only been weeks but I miss sushi so much.....

[.MrsM.]

im a bit confused about whether what you eat or drink in the 2ww will affect your chances of a successful cycle? i read somewhere that it does not take any nutrients from the mother for a few weeks?

[Lucy30]

From what I've read online, I've found that sprouts (alfalfa, mung bean etc) have a risk of salmanella.

I don't like cows milk either and have had the odd cup of tea with soy since being pregnant. However I used to have a LOT of soy in my diet and think it affected my cycle (it became longer and slightly irregular). Since cutting it out periods returned to normal and we didn't have much trouble falling pregnant. I personally find that rice and oat milk are very watery and tasteless but almond milk is the best replacement of soy I can find. Its very good for you and has lots of calcium! Hope this helps!

[Lucy30]

From what I've read online, I've found that sprouts (alfalfa, mung bean etc) have a risk of salmanella.

I don't like cows milk either and have had the odd cup of tea with soy since being pregnant. However I used to have a LOT of soy in my diet and think it affected my cycle (it became longer and slightly irregular). Since cutting it out periods returned to normal and we didn't have much trouble falling pregnant. I personally find that rice and oat milk are very watery and tasteless but almond milk is the best replacement of soy I can find. Its very good for you and has lots of calcium! Hope this helps!

[horsey]

I think the bean sprout etc risk is because they are grown in the ground usually using fertilizer of the animal excreta variety to help them grow, so guessing salmonella, as pp said, plus possibly ecoli etc and I guess because they may be hard to throughly wash. Whch is why prepackaged salads can be an issue and why you can eat the ones u make yourself- you are more likely to give them a through clean. Normally this isnt a problem, but when you are UTD your immune sytem isnt as good as it usually is.

[WinterIsComing]

Meats - Listeria is one of the only bacteria that thrives in the fridge and will grow faster in acold environment. The recommendation is to only eat meat HOT. Suggests that home cooked cold meats is not a go. You can cook it, cool it quickly in the fridge for a few minutes and then eat it, but should not eat it after it's been sitting for a while, refrigerated or not.

You think so?. Listeria growth slows down in a cold environment. That is why we refrigirate food. I though home cooked leftovers are fine if eaten within a day of cooking.

http://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/consum...food/pregnancy/

I also believe that once leftovers have gone over a day, you can still re-heat them to super hot temperature and eat safely. Heat kills all bacteria. Just like ham, which is dangerous cold, but once cooked (e.g. on a pizza), fine to eat.

This post has been edited by Nat1976: 04/11/2011, 05:46 PM

[purpletemp]

Thanks for this post. I had no ideda about sprouts and since I'm trying really hard to eat well, I am a sprout eater! I will now also not eat things that have been open in the fridge too long. Do you think I should switch to single serve yoghurts instead of the 1kg packs??