Food Poisoning Prevention During Pregnancy

Rules to Follow While Pregnant

Wash Your Hands
-    After using the bathroom
-    After changing diapers
-    After touching pets
-    Before and after handling food

Handle Different Foods Separately
Use different knives and chopping boards for fruits, vegetables, meat and seafood.

Cook at a High Temperature
Cook only enough for one meal, and throw out food that’s been stored at room temperature for a long time.

Store Food Correctly
 
Check your refrigerator’s temperature regularly (refrigerator: 5℃, freezer: below -18℃). Don’t refreeze food that’s already been thawed.

Food Poisoning Types to Watch Out for While Pregnant

Listeria
This is a food poisoning bacteria that can grow even at low temperatures. It causes fevers, muscle pain and diarrhea.
[Foods] Unheated smoked fish, non-pasteurized milk and dairy products

Methylmercury
This is found in some fish. Excessive consumption affects the development of the fetus’ nervous system.
[Foods] Deep-sea large fish (whale, shark, tuna)

Toxoplasmosis
This is a type of parasite that lives in the intestines of mammals and birds before being excreted.
[Foods] Vegetables and fruits contaminated by animal feces, raw meat, undercooked meat
 

First choice for folic acid and iron of Korean women in childbearing age (Kantar Worldpanel 2016):

Solgar Folic Acid:

• Solgar Folic Acid helps reducing pregnant woman’s risk of baby’s birth defect.
• Folic acid should be used when the moment when you plan for pregnancy.

Solgar Gentle Iron:

• Solgar Gentle iron has high absorption rate and no side effects which like constipation and stomach ulcers caused by iron.
• Solgar Gentle iron should be used from the third month after being pregnant.