So what can you eat when you're pregnant?

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The news this week, that a Sainsbury's worker refused to serve a pregnant woman unpasteurised cheddar is infuriating for several reasons.
The idea that it's helpful to "offer your opinion" on what pregnant women should - and more often should not - be eating is commonly held and acted upon regularly in my experience so far. And, as was the case with the interfering shopworker here, people all too often get their facts wrong, with Sainsbury's admitting today, "unpasteurised Cheddar does not pose a risk to health during pregnancy".
That said, it's hardly surprising that there is confusion - despite the Food Standards Agency recommending that unpasteurised hard cheeses are safe during pregnancy, some retailers, such as Waitrose, do err on the side of caution and put a warning to pregnant women on their packaging.And the confusion doesn't stop there. Peanuts, raspberries, honey, taramasalata, liquorice, lettuce, coffee, chamomile tea, macaroons, seafood, all oily fish, sausages, chillies, sweetbreads, kidneys, health drinks (eg Purdeys), live yoghurt, cream cheese, pork ... these are just a few of the foods which I have been misguidedly told that I should avoid entirely during pregnancy, usually just at the point when I'm about to put the food in question into my mouth.
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