foods to avoid Pregnant Women

Smoking.
Nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide is a chemical associated with
smoking. If you smoke before or after the baby is born, it will endanger your health and your baby. The sooner you stop smoking, the better the health of the fetus. Is a good idea to ask your husband and other family members to quit smoking because of second hand smoke can harm your health and the fetus.

Caffeine.
Coffee, tea, cola and some soft drinks, chocolate and some non-prescription drugs contain caffeine. Caffeine gets into the blood fetus but did not cause birth defects. Nevertheless, you should reduce the consumption of caffeine, because large amounts of caffeine can increase pregnancy complications. Caffeine is a powerful stimulant and can increase the production of stress hormones. This increase leads to reduced blood flow to the uterus and reduced oxygen reaching the fetus. So, consuming large amounts of caffeine is not good for you and your baby. While drinking tea is not recommended concurrently with vitamins / foods containing iron, because the tea will inhibit iron absorption.

Drugs.
Various types of medicines can affect the fetus, and cause severe birth defects and other problems. Tell your personal doctor, regular medications you are taking before pregnancy. Do not take any medications-both prescription and non-prescription-without the guidance of a doctor.

Alcohol.
There is no safe level of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Alcoholic beverages will be entered into the baby's blood through the mother's blood. While fetal liver not functioning optimally, then the alcohol will remain circulating in the blood. In women who drink excessive amounts of alcohol, most will be at risk in infants, among others, could inhibit physical growth, brain and others that infants born with physical defects, heart damage and mental retardation.

Undercooked meat.
Preferably processed meat until done, because foodstuffs of animal origin may contain bacteria, parasites, protozoa and even different types of worms. In the soft-boiled eggs can be found salmonella that can cause typhus. Raw foods contain bacteria that can enter the mother's blood and cause an infection, for example, Toxoplasma. Keep in mind that all infections in pregnant women causes disturbances in infants.