are prawn crackers safe in pregnancy?

[lilianna]

im hoping for a takeaway tonight and was wondering if prawn crackers are safe in pregnancy.

I don't think they have even been in the same room as a prawn, isn't it all flavouring?
Apart from the grease making you queasy, I'd say they were OK.

YOU ARE JOKING ARENT YOU

Oooh good question. I ate 'em.. big time! They used to combat my nausea believe it or not!

I've never seen anything that suggests they aren't.

Unless you go to a really posh takeaway I would be surprised if they had been anywhere near a real prawn.

Hmmm, you've made me fancy a Chinese meal now.

thank you for replying i will look forward to my takeaway.

I had one last night.......A bit spicy. I am paying for it now.
Don't let me put you off. Soya sauce is a no no though. ENJOY YOUR MEAL

Why is soya souce a nono?

And has anyone told the millions of chinese women who get pg every year???

You can eat soy sauce!

Don't shoot the messenger..... it's in my pregnancy manual.

Which pregnancy manual? It's wrong.

Salt content probably.

There is no problem with salt in pregnancy either.

In fact, you shouldn't adopt a very low sodium diet in pregnancy as it is unhealthy.

And as it is fermented during manufacture it would kill off bacteria so no listeria etc risk, or so I would have thought.

No, there are no problems like that with soy sauce.

It says..........There is a high content of phytoestrogens ( a plant form of estrogen) that mimics the way your own supply of this hormone reacts in your body.
Reading on from this it appears that it is only a minor problem in very early conception or when you are trying to conceive.

USELESS BIT OF INFO FOR YOU

Also PEAS eaten in large quantities can prevent u from conceiving. It is classed as an antifertility food, research goes back to 1949. A natural chemical found in them was used in contraceptive and cut pregnancy rate by 60%. Men who took pea capsules had there sperm rates dropped to 50%.

Bizarre, no Soy sauce, whatever next!!
FWIW I ate prawns the whole way through both of my pregs as I missed the info that said I couldn't. Oh and smoked salmon for the same reason.

I really don't think that the minute quantities of soy sauce that you can consume would have any hormonal effect on the body whatsoever. I really don't.

Wow Peepee. I feel educated now.

The book is called GETTING PREGNANT, What you need to Know right now.

Forget I ever posted. Just eat what you want.
ENJOY IT!

I agree aloha. Not proving to be a contraceptive in china, japan, etc etc

just as a mindless factoid, did you know that eating poppy sead rolls can make you test positive for opiates in some tests?

Minute levels but still detectable.

PeePee

I presume you are a relative newcomer, otherwise you would "get" the sense of humour on here.

Just checked - soy sauce does not contain phytoestrogens at all.

This is getting silly now.........

I only read this stuff and try to get it right as I have had five m/c and my consultant suggested it to help.
I may sound a bit obsessive but I have to be.