Foods to avoid during pregnancy

These nine months may be the most challenging months of your life. With your body undergoing a number of changes, you need to be extra careful about yourself as well as your surroundings. And watching your diet should on top of your list. Here are a list of things you must avoid to ensure a smooth pregnancy.


Skip aerated or caffeine-based beverages like coffee, tea and colas. Too much caffeine may affect the growth of baby. A recent study said that pregnant women who consume even about a cup of coffee everyday are at a higher risk of giving birth to an underweight baby. Cut down your consumption drastically if you can't go without your daily fix.


Avoid eating foods that have been prepared with maida. Likewise try and cut down on eating foods that are high in sugar content. Although not scientifically proven, including large quantities of nutmeg in your meals can be detrimental.


Seafood that is high in mercury should be strictly avoided. Swordfish, shark and king mackerel are among these. Raw fish may contain listeria, a bacteria that can cause food poisoning. While canned seafood is considered safe, skip smoked or frozen seafood like oysters, sushi, sashimi, and smoked salmon.


Unpasteurised milk may contain listeria, which can cross the placenta and lead to infection or blood poisoning in the baby. Ensure that the milk you drink is pasteurised.


Stay away from mould-ripened cheese (cheese that has a blue vein in it) like brie or camembert. Make sure you cook raw eggs. When the eggs are cooked, see that the yolk and white are firm.

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Too much vitamin D bad for your heart

Vitamin D - known to be important for bone health and for heart protection - can also cause harm if it exceeds normal levels, a new research has warned.


Johns Hopkins scientists suggested that vitamin D may stop conferring cardiovascular benefits and could actually cause harm as levels in the blood rise above the low end of what is considered normal.


The findings found that increasing levels of vitamin D in the blood are linked with lower levels of a popular marker for cardiovascular inflammation - c-reactive protein (also known as CRP).


Healthier, lower levels of inflammation were found in people with normal or close to normal vitamin D levels.


Any additional increase in vitamin D was associated with an increase in CRP, a factor linked to stiffening of the blood vessels and an increased risk of cardiovascular problems.


"Clearly vitamin D is important for your heart health, especially if you have low blood levels of vitamin D. It reduces cardiovascular inflammation and atherosclerosis, and may reduce mortality, but it appears that at some point it can be too much of a good thing," he added.

Anybody Home?

A boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about anurgent problem with one of the main computers. 
He dialed the employee’s home phone number and was greeted with a child’s whispered, “Hello? ”Feeling put out at the inconvenience of having to talk to theyoungster, the boss asked, “Is your Daddy home?”"Yes,” whispered the small voice.”May I talk with him?” the man asked.To the surprise of the boss, the small voice whispered, “No.”Wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, “Is your Mommy there?”Yes,” came the answer.”May I talk with her?”Again the small voice whispered, “No.”Knowing that it was not likely that a young child would be left homealone, the boss decided he would just leave a message with the personwho should be there watching over the child.”Is there anyone there besides you?” the boss asked the child.”Yes,” whispered the child, “a policeman.”Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee’s home, the bossasked, “May I speak with the policeman?”"No, he’s busy,” whispered the child.”Busy doing what?” asked the boss.”Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman,” came the whisperedanswer.Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like ahelicopter through the ear piece on the phone, the boss asked, “Whatis that noise?”"A hello-copper,” answered the whispering voice.”What is going on there?” asked the boss, now alarmed.In an awed whispering voice, the child answered, “The search teamjust landed the hello-copper.”Alarmed, concerned, and more than just a little frustrated, the bossasked, “What are they searching for?”Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffledgiggle, “Me.”