What The Foods Should Be Avoid during Pregnancy

What The Foods Should Be Avoid during Pregnancy~

Junk Food – All of your baby’s nutrition must come from you. If you fill up on junk, you won’t have room for the foods that can help your baby grow strong, healthy and beautiful.

Underco

oked Meats and Nitrates – Undercooked meat can have bacteria and parasites. Also, avoid hot dogs, bacon and sandwich meats that are filled with nitrates.Raw Fish, Shellfish and Sushi – Eating raw fish could possibly transmit tapeworms or other parasites. A tapeworm can suck nutrients away and therefore deprive your developing child.

Alfalfa and Other Raw Sprouts – The way most sprouts are grown is a breeding ground for bacteria. And alfalfa sprouts contain a natural toxin that could be harmful to your baby.

Raw or Undercooked Eggs and Soft Cheese – As with undercooked meat, soft cheese and raw eggs can carry bacteria. Be sure to thoroughly cook any egg products before eating them.

Mercury-High Fish – Some fish are very high in mercury. To get the omega 3 necessary for your baby’s brain development, I recommend a mercury-free fish oil supplement.

Spices and Herbs to Avoided According to Unani /Ayurveda during Pregnancy~

Most culinary herbs and spices are safe in small amounts during pregnancy and nursing. Some are even helpful. But many are not safe and can cause high blood pressure, miscarriage or even birth defects. Here’s a list of the main problem herbs:

Cinnamon a powerful spice that is excellent for easing menstrual cramps and the difficulty of childbirth when consumed at the appropriate times is known to be the woman’s herb. This herb, however, can be a very powerful abortive agent if consumed during pregnancy, stimulating contractions that can endanger the life of the fetus. Avoid drinking it as part of a tea or in high doses of spice.

Saffron is considered an herb which helps in providing glowing complexion. It should be avoided in pregnancy as it can cause a heat and increase the risk of miscarriage. Saffron can be taken along cold milk to reduce its heat effect.

Ajjwain or bishop seed has also shown similar effect as saffron. So avoid consuming it in large amount during pregnancy.

Some cereals like Bajra, Maki, Jowar and ragi are consider as body heating foods and are normally consumed more during winters. So it’s preferable to avoid such food during the first two trimesters of pregnancy. These cereals can be consumed in fortified form with wheat flour.

Some Points To Remember During Pregnancy~

Alcohol can cause Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, leading to birth defects, central nervous system dysfunction, severe mental retardation and other abnormalities.

Also avoid smoking, prescription or recreational drugs, toxic fumes from pesticides, cleaning products or gasoline, cat litter boxes and x-rays. These can lead to spontaneous abortion, low birth weight, birth defects or infant deaths.

Arthropods & diseases spread by them. Must see post

ARTHROPODS

 

Anopheles–> Malaria

 

Culex–> Japanese encephalitis, west nile fever, bancroftian filariasis, viral arthritis

 

Aedes–> Yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, rift valley fever

 

Mansoinoides—> Brugian filariasis

 

Sandfly–> Kala azar, oriental sore, oraya fever, sandfly fever

 

Tse-Tse fly—> Sleeping sickness

 

Louse—> Epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, trench fever, pediculosis

 

Rat flea–> Bubonic plague, endemis plaque, chiggerosis, hymenolepis diminut

 

Black fly—> Onchocerciasis

 

Reduviid bug–> Chagas disease

 

Hard tick–> Tick typhus, viral encephalitis, Viral hemorrhagic fever, KFD, tularemia, tick paralysis, babesiosis

 

Soft tick–> Qfever, relapsing fever

 

Trombiculid mite—> Scrub fever, rickettsial pox

 

Itch mite—> Scabies

 

Cyclops–> Guinea worm disease, fish tape worm(D.latum)

 

Higher Cancer Risk Noted in Patients With Mental Illness

CLINICAL CONTEXT
Adults with serious and persistent mental illness such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder experience a higher risk for premature mortality vs individuals without these mental illnesses, and a previous study by Piatt and colleagues analyzed the potential causes of early death among adults with serious mental illness. Their research, which was published in the July 2010 issue of Psychiatric Services, found that a higher rate of accidents and suicide had the biggest impacts on increasing the risk for mortality among individuals with serious mental illness. Other important causes of death specifically among adults with serious mental illness were liver disease and septicemia.

Cancer also promoted a higher risk for early mortality among adults with serious mental illness, but not all research has supported a higher risk for cancer among individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The current study by Daumit and colleagues evaluates the cancer risk associated with serious mental illness.

STUDY HIGHLIGHTS
The investigators conducted their research as a retrospective study of adult beneficiaries of Medicaid in Maryland. All study participants were between 21 and 62 years old and had either a diagnosis of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder with disability.
The main study outcome was incident cancer, which was determined from Medicaid claims data. The data from individuals with serious mental illness were compared vs national norms from the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results program.
The study cohort included 2315 adults with schizophrenia and 1002 individuals with bipolar disorder. The mean age of study patients was approximately 42 years, and there was a slight preponderance of women in the overall cohort. The study was fairly evenly divided among African American and white participants.
Overall, the total cancer incidence was 2.6 times higher among adults with serious mental illness vs adults without serious mental illness.
Both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were associated with a significantly increased risk for cancer.
The risk for lung cancer was 4 times higher among adults with serious mental illness, and the risk for colorectal cancer was similarly elevated.
The risk for breast cancer was elevated to a slightly greater extent among women with schizophrenia vs women with bipolar disorder.
Serious mental illness was not associated with a higher risk for prostate cancer.
Patients’ race did not affect the higher risk for cancer associated with serious mental illness.

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS
Previous research by Piatt and colleagues has demonstrated that accidents and suicide are the most important causes of early death among individuals with serious mental illness vs adults without serious mental illness.
In the current study by Daumit and colleagues, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder were associated with an overall higher risk for cancer, including lung, colorectal, and breast cancers.