Is it true that pregnant women cannot eat blue cheese?

Question

what difference does it make??

Answer 1

Cheese is an important source of protein and calcium for pregnant women but certain kinds do need to be avoided. Pregnant women are advised not to eat soft, mould-ripened cheeses, such as brie or camembert, and blue-veined cheeses, such as danish blue and stilton. This is because these cheeses are more inclined to allow growth of bacteria, such as listeria, which can harm your unborn child.

However, thorough cooking should kill any listeria, so it should be safe to eat food containing soft mould-ripened or blue-veined cheeses, provided the food has been properly cooked and is piping hot all the way through.

In healthy adults, infection with listeria can cause a short-lived flu-like illness. Pregnant women, however, can be hit harder by listeria, for the same reason you are more susceptible to everything during pregnancy: your immune system isn't working as well. Symptoms usually develop several weeks after exposure to the bacteria, which can make it hard to pinpoint exactly which food made you sick. Symptoms may include fever, chills, muscle aches and back pain. Doctors diagnose listeria infection by swabbing a sample from your vagina and cervix and checking your blood. Antibiotics will treat the infection. Newborns can also be tested and treated.

Listeria infection in pregnant women is very rare in the UK, only affecting one in 20,000 pregnancies. Provided you avoid foods with a high risk, you are very unlikely to be affected.

Unpasteurised cheeses imported from abroad or made by small producers are also safe to eat in pregnancy provided they are made from cow's milk and are not mould-ripened or blue-veined. The Food Standards Agency states that listeria is present in these cheeses in very low numbers and they are therefore not considered a risk during pregnancy. On the other hand, unpasteurised milk (from any animal) is not considered safe. In the USA, pregnant women are advised to avoid feta cheese because of the risk of listeria, but the feta cheese sold in the UK is considered safe to eat during pregnancy.

Cheeses which are SAFE to eat in pregnancy

Hard cheeses:
austrian smoked, Babybel, caerphilly, cheddar, cheshire, derby, double gloucester, edam, emmental, english goat's cheddar, feta (if bought in the UK), gouda, gruyere, halloumi, havarti, jarlsberg, lancashire, mozzarella, orkney, paneer, parmesan, pecorino (hard), provolone, red leicester.

Soft and processed cheeses:
Boursin, cottage cheese, cheese spread, cream cheese, mascarpone, philadelphia, quark, ricotta.

Yoghurts, fromage frais, soured cream and creme fraiche -- any variety, including natural, flavoured and biologically active -- are all safe to eat.

Cheeses to AVOID in pregnancy

Mould-ripened soft cheeses:
brie, blue brie, cambozola, camembert, chaumes, pont L'eveque, prince jean, tallegio. vacherin-fribourgeois, weichkaese.

Blue-veined cheeses:
bavarian blue, bergader, bleu d'Auvergne, blue shropshire, cabrales, Danish blue, dolcelatte, doppelrhamstuge, eldel pilz, gorgonzola, manchego, romano, roncal, roquefort, stilton, tommes, wensleydale (blue).

Soft unpasteurised goat and sheep's cheeses:
chabichou, pyramide, torta del cesar.

Answer 2

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Is it true that pregnant women cannot eat blue cheese?
what difference does it make??

Answer 3

The problem with soft cheeses is an organism called listeria. Here is what the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention have to say:

Recommendations for persons at high risk, such as pregnant women and persons with weakened immune systems, in addition to the recommendations listed above:

* Avoid soft cheeses such as feta, Brie, Camembert, blue-veined, and Mexican-style cheese. (Hard cheese, processed cheese, cream cheese, cottage cheese, or yogurt need not be avoided.)
* Leftover foods or ready-to-eat foods, such as hot dogs, should be cooked until steaming hot before eating.
* Although the risk of listeriosis associated with foods from deli counters is relatively low, pregnant women and immunosupressed persons may choose to avoid these foods or thoroughly reheat cold cuts before eating.

So, from the CDC recommendation it seems that all soft cheeses should be avoided, independent of pasteurization.

Answer 4

you shouldn't eat any unpasturised cheese (blue cheese is often not pasturised) as bacteria are present that could harm you or the baby. Saying that, my mum ate tons of cheese, shellfish and fresh mayonaise when pregnant with me and I turned out ok. It is just advised not too nowadays.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

as long as you don't have an allergy or don't eat too much(constipation), i would think cheese would be good for you.
as far as unpasterized, as long as it's fresh and you know the source well, that really should be a problem either.
whole un"messed" with foods are so much better for you esspecially while you're pregnant!

Answer 7

Time to hit the books. Head to the library or book store today and pick up a pregnancy and parenting book.
There are lots of things you should know before becoming a parent. Lots.

Answer 8

pasterized cheese i think it is , is not good for pregnant women to eat, not sure why but u can look it up on www.babyzone.com or www.babycenter.com they will explain it on there

Answer 9

i have no idea i hate blue cheese i had a baby at 14

Answer 10

yes, and there's others too, ask your provider, i tried to find it but I ran out of time.