Experts Finally Confirm You Should Never Eat Soft Cheese When You're Pregnant

<div><p>When you're pregnant there are so many rules to keep track of. You have to remember what's safe to do, which trimester to start doing or stop doing things, it's a total headache. Luckily doctors are always working to learn more and make things clearer for parents who are expecting. </p><p>A new study performed on animals at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine has shed some light on one of those old chestnuts that every parent-to-be learns, and it's a big change from what we used to think.</p><p>While doctors used to say it was okay to eat soft cheese in the first trimester, they're now saying pregnant women should totally avoid this food.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/1212-1.jpg" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>The risk with eating soft cheese - and a handful of other food like smoked salmon and cooked deli meats - while you're pregnant is you may contract listeria, a type of food poisoning that's common in these foods. </p><p>Listeria's symptoms are normally very mild, and pretty close to a regular flu bug. You might feel achy, chilly, tired, and have diarrhea. But listeria can also attack the cells in your placenta, causing a miscarriage. </p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/1313.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/1313_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/02/1313_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Scientists have been able to reliably prove these effects using monkeys, and because of this new evidence they're warning pregnant women to cut listeria-prone foods out of their diet as soon as they find out they're pregnant. </p><h3>Share this post to spread their warning about listeria!</h3></div>